Suns game fight

The center rotation consisted of just JaVale McGee, who had 13 points and 13 rebounds in 25 minutes. Phoenix flies to Portland after the loss to take on the Trail Blazers Tuesday night, an 8 p.

Follow KellanOlson. Andrea Ayton, mother of Suns' Deandre, awarded for helping single moms. Empire of the Suns Kellan Olson Suns endure physicality, rough stretches to beat Raptors in Toronto It won't be one of the proudest wins of the Suns' season but their ability to still get one against the Raptors will have them feeling good.

Kevin Zimmerman Bobby Marks would like Suns to trade for Blazers wing Robert Covington James Jones is asking himself this: What roster tweak could this team foresee that helps it beat the best and get over the top?

Kellan Olson Phoenix Suns bombarded from deep by Heat in home loss The NBA regular season is unforgiving and will teach any team a couple of lessons along the way and the Phoenix Suns got one Saturday. Kellan Olson Suns impose will on glass with shots not falling, work past Clippers The Phoenix Suns were game for a rock fight on Thursday against the Los Angeles Clippers and dominated the glass for a win.

Email Story. He finished the game with 8 points, 7 rebounds, 10 assists, 3 steals, and 3 blocks. The Suns doubled Steph sporadically throughout the rest of the game, and while he consistently found his way to the free-throw line, Phoenix kept him contained from the field. Without a strong second quarter and minimal offensive contributions from anyone besides Gary Payton II, the Dubs went into the half trailing The Warriors rebuilt a lead in the first half of the third quarter, but Phoenix bounced back as soon as Curry went to the bench.

Rookie Jonathan Kuminga gave the Dubs some huge minutes off the bench, playing great defense on Paul and scoring some much-needed points. He finished with 12 points on 3-for-4 shooting from the field, including a highlight-reel reverse layup in the fourth quarter. However, Curry went to the bench with 5 minutes to go, and the Dubs went -3 while he sat. Steph returned to the game with left in regulation, hoping to finish Phoenix off. Instead of Curry, though, it was Otto Porter Jr.

Starting in place of Wiggins, Porter recorded 19 huge points alongside 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Still, the Raptors were absolutely flying around making every possession an adventure, re-taking the lead thanks to OG. After a Siakam miss, CP3 did what he has done a million times in his career. Make a dagger from his favourite spot just below the elbow.

Shooter's touch with the game on the line. Monty Williams made the wise choice of not allowing the Raptors to get chance to try a tying three. Fred was fouled in his own backcourt and Khem made a pair. The Raptor was banished to the corner for the next free throw but hilarious regardless. It was worth the try.

Epic screengrab here. The casual appearance by the giant raptor though I just pic. Best part was DuaneRankin asking about the huge blowup Raptor at first. It was the live one … Nah, he was alive. Phoenix was the most healthy team to come up north in weeks and had to claw this one out. That was a really intense tough game. Probably as good as it gets without a crowd in there. They certainly raised the level.