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Suns 2020 playoff preview: Season gone supernova
Stacked with a good mix of vets and breakout stars, the Phoenix Suns may stun some legitimate contenders

LOOKBACK: Ranking Chicago Bulls’ finals opponents
The dual three-peat runs cemented the Chicago Bulls’ legacy, but not without some tough challenge

Raptors rout Suns; Pacers hold on to beat Knicks
'I just feel energized,' says Pascal Siakam as the Raptors roll to their 16th win in the last 17 games

Lakers overpower Suns to hold Western Conference No.1
Anthony Davis and 5 others finish with double-digit tallies to blow past the Phoenix Suns

LeBron posts triple double as Lakers hold off Suns
With the Lakers reserves struggling, LeBron James and Anthony Davis take over in the second half

Resurgent Warriors blast Suns for 4th straight win
The Warriors – the former champions now running dead last in the Western Conference – rally from a double-digit deficit to escape the Suns

Kuzma late show as Lakers eclipse Suns
Kyle Kuzma knocks in clutch treys as the Lakers bounce back on the road against the Suns

Suns scorch Sixers to topple NBA's last unbeaten club
Devin Booker unleashes 40 points as the Phoenix Suns shock one of the Eastern Conference favorites

NBA fines Suns' Oubre $10K for harsh words to ref
Despite being penalized, Kelly Oubre has helped steer the Phoenix Suns to a 2-1 start, including a stunning win over the Los Angeles Clippers
Clippers on shock defeat to Suns: ‘We deserved to lose'
'They were the Clippers, but we were pretty good,' says coach Monty Williams after his Suns' stunning win over the Kawhi Leonard-led squad

Suns' Ayton suspended 25 games for banned diuretic
DeAndre Ayton, the 2018 No. 1 overall pick, will miss almost one-third of the regular season
Suns name 76ers assistant Monty Williams as new coach
The former NBA forward will take over a team that had its worst campaign in franchise history since its inaugural season
Sun sets on Kokoskov's brief time as Phoenix head coach
The firing of the first European-born head coach in the history of the NBA leaves the Suns searching for their seventh head coach in 8 years
Devin Booker hits 3rd 50-point game in another loss
Devin Booker makes back-to-back 50-point games, but both end up in losses

WATCH: Devin Booker scores 59 in Suns loss to Utah
22-year-old Booker is only the fourth player in NBA history to post multiple 50-point games before his 23rd birthday

Harden drops incredible stat line to power Rockets over Suns
Reigning MVP James Harden stuffs the stat sheet to help the Rocket escape the Suns

Warriors fall victim to NBA-worst Suns as Durant suffers injury
The Suns have won 4 of their last 5 games that includes LeBron James' Lakers and the NBA-best Bucks
Warriors survive Suns scare
The defending champion Warriors turn the game around just in time against worst West team Suns

Harden's 20th 40-point game fuels Rockets' win
James Harden extends his streak of games with 30 or more points to 27

Zubac stars as undermanned Lakers snap skid vs hapless Suns
Los Angeles misses the services of LeBron James, Lonzo Ball, Kyle Kuzma and Tyson Chandler
WATCH: Derrick Rose hits game-winner vs Suns
Derrick Rose saves the day with a clutch basket for the Timberwolves' win

Rose blooms with game-winner as Timberwolves dim Suns
The former NBA MVP shows he still has plenty of gas left by powering Minnesota to an enthralling win over Phoenix
Siakam hits buzzer-beater to lift Raptors over Suns
'To be honest I didn't know what I was going to do,' says Pascal Siakam as the Raptors escape the Suns for an 8th straight home win

Sixers crush T'wolves in Butler's first clash vs former team
Two months after parting ways with the Timberwolves, Jimmy Butler drops 19 points to help power the Sixers against his former squad

Undermanned Sixers hold off Suns, Celtics pounce on T'wolves
Joel Embiid caps a 42-point display with a Sixers win as the Celtics also score behind Gordon Hayward's 35 points

WATCH: Curry's identical threes in Warriors win over Suns
It's pretty much a routine win for Steph Curry and the defending champion Golden State Warriors

Warriors scorch Suns, Spurs roll past Celtics
The defending champion Warriors and the Spurs close out 2018 with huge victories

WATCH: Raptors rally from 17 down to edge Heat
Kawhi Leonard and Danny Green star as the Toronto Raptors snap Miami Heat's five-game winning streak

WATCH: Warriors up; Beal, Bryant lift Wizards in 3OT
Jonas Jerebko shines in the Warriors' win as Bradley Beal and Thomas Bryant deliver monster numbers in the Wizards' triple-overtime triumph over the Suns

Suns spoil Nowitzki's record-setting season debut
Dallas talisman Dirk Nowitzki becomes the first player in NBA history to suit up for 21 seasons for the same team

Rockets blast Blazers, Spurs eclipse Suns
James Harden fires 29 and Chris Paul tallies a triple-double as the Houston Rockets snap a three-game slide

Mavs topple Clippers, Lakers ease past Suns
Dallas drops Los Angeles from the top of the Western Conference
Thunder trips Suns for first win
Oklahoma City finally barges into the winning column after dropping its first 4 games behind 3 players breaching the 20-point mark
LOOK: Boy left alone in birthday party gets treated by Phoenix Suns
The Suns turn 6-year-old Teddy Mazzini's frown upside down
LeBron, Lakers eclipse Suns for 1st win
The NBA superstar flirts with a triple-double and gets his first victory as a Los Angeles Laker

Golden State drubs Suns in bounce back win
The Warriors demolish their opponents a day after absorbing a painful loss to Denver

Phoenix Suns fire general manager McDonough as season looms
The struggling Suns decide to make major changes before their season opener on October 17

Suns sign Booker to $158 million deal
The 21-year-old star guard gets rewarded with a 5-year max extension after a record-setting NBA season

Derrick Rose stays with Minnesota, Trevor Ariza leaves Houston
Derrick Rose inks a one-year deal with the Timberwolves while Trveor Ariza ends a 4-year stint with the Rockets
LOOK: Sixers draft hometown kid Bridges, but things turn awkward
The mom of NBA Draft pick Mikal Bridges gets all thrilled that his son is 'coming home,' but the Philly Sixers trade him to the Phoenix Suns minutes later

LOOK: Who wore his lucky undies in the 2018 NBA Draft Lottery?
Check out the order and reactions during the lottery in Chicago

Suns make Kokoskov NBA's first European-born head coach
Currently a Utah lead assistant, Serbian Igor Kokoskov is set to join the Phoenix Suns right after the Jazz's playoff campaign

Nuggets stop skid, Sixers win without Embiid
Denver's Paul Millsap scores a season-high 36 points against OKC. Philadelphia's Ben Simmons scores a triple-double in 3 quarters versus the Hawks.

Anthony Davis powers Pelicans over hapless Suns
Davis spearheads the Pelicans' attack during a six-game winning streak – one of their longest in recent years – and over that time he is averaging more than 40 points a game
WATCH: Devin Booker wins 2018 JBL Three-Point Contest
Booker's 28 points sets the NBA 3-point contest single-round record

Ginobili has second straight 20-plus point game in Spurs' loss to Blazers
The Spurs were missing 4 regulars, including Tony Parker and Kawhi Leonard, while the Blazers were without Damian Lillard

Manu Ginobili, age 40, heats up Phoenix with history-making 21 points off the bench
A 9-hour sleep can go a long way for Ginobili

WATCH: Suns beat Grizzlies on Tyson Chandler's game-winning alley oop
Chandler throws down a monster dunk at the buzzer to give Phoenix the victory

Brandon Ingram buzzer-beating triple lifts Lakers past Sixers
Lonzo Ball draws the defense to set up Brandon Ingram's buzzer-beater for the Lakers win

Russell Westbrook collects 8th triple double as Thunder down Jazz
Westbrook, the reigning NBA MVP, finishes with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 14 assists as OKC improves to 11-12 in the Western Conference standings
