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Why would a team with the best record in the Western Conference sacrifice a core player, Shawn Marion, to accommodate a soon-to-be 36-year-old and increasingly stationary or sidelined OâNeal?
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SAN ANTONIO (Ticker) -- Amare Stoudemire scored 25 points to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 104-96 preseason victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
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The Suns' All-Star trio helped Phoenix start a new winning streak with a rare victory over the Spurs. Dwyane Wade didn't look much like an All-Star for three quarters &#151; then he put together an All-World fourth quarter for the Heat.
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Tony Parker scored a season-high 29 points in just 30 minutes, and San Antonio shot 52 percent in a 115-94 victory that ended Phoenix&#39;s 11-game winning streak and amplified the ongoing chatter over just how good the Suns really are.
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The Phoenix Suns usually sprint to victory. With their "mojo" severely lacking Sunday, they staggered to one. Steve Nash scored 18 of his 23 points in the second half &#151; including two free throws with 5.4 seconds to play &#151; and the Suns held on to beat the short-handed Los Angeles Lakers 99-94.
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Amare Stoudemire scored 33 points and Phoenix held off a strong Toronto comeback for its 11th consecutive victory. The Suns won for the 20th time in 21 games to boost their NBA-best record
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The Mercury, which has squandered opportunities throughout the season, has very little wiggle room left. There are a few playoff scenarios remaining, but Phoenix (16-16) probably must win the last two regular
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For almost three hours, two of the NBA's best point guards went head to head in a shootout, neither willing to let his team lose a game that will go down as a classic. In the end, Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns beat Jason Kidd and the New Jersey Nets 161-157 in a double-overtime thriller on Thursday night that was as good as it gets in the NBA.
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Shawn Marion scored a season-high 27 points, blocked 6 shots and made 5 of Phoenixâs 20 3-pointers to lead the Suns to a 137-115 victory over the visiting Denver Nuggets.
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Amare Stoudemire had 28 points and the Phoenix Suns made it 14 in a row at home over New Jersey by routing the Nets 116-92 on Sunday night. Raja Bell added 20 points, including 5-of-10 3-pointers. New Jersey hasn't won in Phoenix since March 13, 1993.
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The best record in the NBA no longer belongs to the Phoenix Suns.
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Steve Nash scored 24 points to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 92-83 victory over the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday night. Boris Diaw and Raja Bell each scored 18 points and Shawn Marion added 15 points and seven rebounds for the Suns, who have won four of five.
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Paul Pierce said "there are no moral victories," but when you've won just 13 games and battled a Phoenix Suns team with the second-best record in the NBA (41-13) tooth and nail on the road, a moral victory for a team heading toward the draft lottery is better than none at all.
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Amare Stoudemire poured in 42 points and Steve Nash added 19 and dished out 18 assists as the Phoenix Suns won a 136-128 shoot-out over the Utah Jazz on Monday, to reclaim top spot in the NBA standings.
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The Phoenix Suns are 9-1 since the All-Star break and everybody is wondering what's wrong with them. That's what happens when artistic blowouts are replaced by less-than-impressive squeakers.
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Quentin Richardson tipped in a shot at the buzzer to give the red-hot Phoenix Suns a 107-105 road win over the Denver Nuggets Monday.
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The Phoenix Suns were on the losing end of a game for just the fifth time this season.