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WASHINGTON - The Suns' half-court offense can be so good when they run it. Phoenix committed 16 turnovers in the first half of Sunday's game against the Wizards. The Suns still led at halftime but found doing so easier when they cleaned up their act in the second half. A third quarter with no ...
hoopsaddict.com - 12 days ago
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- As I walked towards the press room
being set up for today’s game, Suns coach Alvin
Gentry started walking along side me. He remarked that he was tired, and wanted to just kick back and watch football. I told him that I wasn’t getting paid to cover the game today, so I would ...
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Game Notes: Phoenix vs. Washington
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Suns Shake Off Slow Start, Down Washington Arenas's, 102-90
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Suns' offense stays hot on road The Phoenix Suns improved to 6-1 with a 102-90 victory at Washington on Sunday.
SUNS: Postgame Quotes: Suns @ Wizards, 11/8/2009 “I don’t think anyone is going to ship it to Springfield to the Hall of Fame, but it was a good win for us. I haven’t seen a bad win in the NBA yet. It’s a road win. I didn’t ...
Steve Nash and the Red Hot Suns
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... Suns are supposed to be flawed defensively and with rebounding. They lured Washington into jump shots and the Wizards wound up shooting 39 percent from the field. Even bigger, they kept the Wizards to 12 second-chance points. Jason Richardson mostly guarded Gilbert Arenas, who went 7 for 22 from the field. Grant Hill covered the Wizards’ other All-Star in action, holding Caron Butler to 7-of-19 shooting while lead the Suns in rebounding for the fourth time in seven games.
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Briefing: At Least the Defense is Better
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... when they were just 5-of-19 from the field. They were proud, however, that defensively they held the Suns from hitting their league-leading average in points (111.0). "If you look, this is a team that averages [111] points," Wizards center Brendan Haywood said. "We held them to 102. I was happy with where we were. Defensively, I thought, down the stretch we had a couple of mishaps on rotations that led to easy shots. We gave up a bunch of offensive rebounds too."
Suns' offense stays hot on road - Paul Coro, Arizona Republic
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... [Wil Cantrell - The Bright Side of The Sun]
Jason Richardson again played a strong game, posting up a variety of Wizard defenders which eventually led to the Wiz double teaming him. Richardson had his head up to feed the open man for a basket. It’s refreshing to see Richardson play a complete game this season after last year saw him focusing too much on three pointers.
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