Archive for March, 2009

Shaq calls out Suns rookie center Lopez

Suns center Shaquille O’Neal did not have much to say about Sacramento center Spencer Hawes posting a career-high 20 points on Sunday night, other than to call out the Suns guards for making the team’s post defense vulnerable by allowing penetration.

Phoenix Suns Gut Out Another Big Win Against a Good Team Wednesday…

We never thought we’d be saying this, but the Phoenix Suns won the last two games against tough Western Conference foes with solid D, and now find themselves on a 6-game winning streak.

Suns suffer their ‘toughest loss’

The EnergySolutions Arena visitors locker room is accustomed to housing disappointment.

Blazers shine brighter than Suns

The roles were supposed to be much different Thursday night. It was Phoenix who was entering the Rose Garden with a six-game win streak, while Portland was limping off a loss to Philadelphia.

Connar Oberst and Shaquille O’Neal

Connar Oberst, a high school basketball player who has endured bouts of cancer, has struck up and maintained a friendship with Shaquille O’Neal, center for the NBA’s Phoenix Suns Uploaded by mblue on 03/27/09 This video is in the following galleries: Sports Videos

Game 72 Preview: Suns vs. Blazers

A Look at the Suns After mucking around much of the season in “We can’t figure out how to play together” hell the Suns find themselves in the dreaded 9th position in the Western Conference.

Suns maintain slim playoff hopes with 118-114 victory over Jazz

Grant Hill scored 26 points, including a tiebreaking jumper in the lane with 31.5 seconds remaining, to lift the Phoenix Suns to their season-high sixth straight victory, 118-114 over the Utah Jazz on Wednesday night.

Sixers no match for Shaq, Suns

It is not just about height. It’s also about heft and power and the ability to impose your will on the other team’s bigs in the paint, where the elbows are sharp, the shoving is relentless and the traffic is often snarled.

Suns beat Nuggets 118-115 for fifth straight win

The Phoenix Suns improved their playoff chances with another hard-fought victory.

Phoenixa s Favorite Sun Round 1: Matrix Vs. Barbosa

It’s time for the first round of the Phoenix’s Favorite Sun Tourney . Here is the third match up from the “Seven Seconds or Less” Region .

Denver Nuggets (45-25) at Phoenix Suns (38-31), 10 p.m.

The Denver Nuggets hope to hold on to their slim lead in the Northwest Division Monday when they kick off a tough three-game road trip in the desert against the Phoenix Suns.

O’Neal becomes NBA’s fifth leading scorer

PHOENIX, Arizona Shaquille O’Neal scored 13 points to help lift Phoenix to a 128-96 win over Washington and become the National Basketball Association’s fifth all-time scorer.

Shaq fires off halftime ‘tweet’

Not so fast to judge : Raptors fans need to be patient as Bryan Colangelo continues to search for the right basketball formula.

Washington Wizards (16-54) at Phoenix Suns (37-31), 10 p.m.

Time is running out on the Phoenix Suns, who will try to inch closer to a playoff berth tonight at home versus the lowly Washington Wizards from US Airways Center.

Suns’ Barbosa sidelined 1-3 weeks

The Philadelphia 76ers resume a key five-game road trip Friday in Oakland, where they face off with the Golden State Warriors at ORACLE Arena.