Subject: NBA Finals

• GONE DOWN

  May 19, 1993

• WAIT UNTIL NEXT YEAR

  June 23, 1993

• TWILIGHT OF THE GOD

  May 4, 1994

• This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

  January 6, 2005

• Pray for a Miracle: Lakers at Suns Tonight

  We were listening to a sports-radio roundtable recently, and the panelists were picking their faves to win the NBA title. Boston again. Good bet. San Antonio. Yeah, but only if Manu Ginobli gets healthy and back to full speed. New Orleans. With Chris Paul in charge, check. Here’s where it gets weird. Two pundits picked Cleveland -- Cleveland! Even with King James at the helm, ain't gonna happen. But not one picked the Los Angeles Lakers. To us, they're the ultimate slam dunk.

  November 20, 2008

• The Heat Is On: Miami and Shawn Marion Visit the Suns Tonight

  Rewind, for a moment, to the 2005-06 NBA season. The Miami Heat visit the Phoenix Suns in a marquee matchup. Talk of a future NBA Finals series between the two powerhouses flood the sports talk airwaves. But despite Shaquille O'Neal's (playing for Miami at the time) team-leading 13 rebounds, the Suns pull off a relatively seamless 111-93 victory at U.S. Airways Center. (The Heat wound up holding up its end of the deal, beating the Dallas Mavericks, who killed the Suns' season, for the NBA c

  November 28, 2008

• Bear Market: Phoenix Suns at Memphis Grizzlies Tonight

  The Boston Celtics bought themselves an NBA Championship in 2007-08. The Los Angeles Lakers nearly stole one by snookering away the rights to All-Star forward Pau Gasol from the Memphis Grizzlies last February 1 for the NBA equivalent of nothing. Oh, Memphis Coach Marc Iavaroni, a former Suns assistant, called Marc Gasol (pictured), Pau's younger brother, the key to the trade. Whatever you say, Marc. Phoenix Suns fans spent the remainder of the season gnashing their teeth and hatching cons

  December 30, 2008

• Phoenix Suns Continue Skid, Losing to D. Wade and the Miami Heat, 135-129

  allposters.com Those were the days, my friend. Shaq and D. Wade after their 2006 NBA titleTwo of Shaquille O'Neal's old teams on the road in two nights. Two losses. Tuesday night, it was to the Orlando Magic, and Wednesday it was to Dwayne Wade, Shaq's brother in arms in the 2006 NBA championship, and the Miami Heat. It wasn't Shaq's fault that the Phoenix Suns lost to the Heat by 6 points, dropping even deeper into ninth place in the Western Conference playoff race. He had 22

  March 5, 2009

• On the Eve of the NBA All-Star Game, Phoenix Suns Players Show Off Their Tattoo Canvases

  February 12, 2009

• Inner Booty

  Wouldn’t it feel good to own Kobe’s butt for one more afternoon?

  November 20, 2008

• Steve Kerr's been beating the odds his whole life

  April 24, 2008

• Kerr's legendary moments

  April 24, 2008

• N*A*S*H Unit

  January 17, 2008

• A Bunch of Bull

  Chi-town high risers visit PHX with tails between their legs

  November 15, 2007

• Valley of the Suns

  The Barkley-dominated Suns had a stranglehold on us. Team Nash is better. Let's go crazy!

  May 5, 2005

• Championship Rally for Phoenix Mercury Tonight at US Airways Center, After They Win Their Second WNBA Title 94-86 Friday Night

  Phoenix Mercury players pose with fans, and their two championship trophies.​How big of a deal was Friday's WNBA championship game in Phoenix? Well, consider this: the only other time a basketball team's won a championship in this city, it was the Boston Celtics beating the Phoenix Suns on our home court in 1976. When the Phoenix Mercury won their first WNBA championship in 2007, they were in Detroit. And when the Suns won their first NBA championship -- oh wait, never mind. That hasn't

  October 12, 2009

• Tour de Fat, Phoenix Mercury, Wanda Jackson and Shizzfest Over the Weekend

  ​Tour de Fat at Tempe Beach Par New Belgium Brewing maintains that Tour de Fat is a bike festival first and a beer festival second. To prove it, they got a Tempe citizen to donate his car and agree to utilize only a bike he received at Tour de Fat as his means of transportation. Talk about putting your pedal where your mouth is...see photos ​Phoenix Mercury Win Second WNBA Championship How big of a deal was Friday's WNBA championship game in Phoenix? Well, consider this: the only other time

  October 12, 2009

• Phoenix Suns Top Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards in Weekend Wins. Next Up: Philadephia

  www.nba.comJason Richardson scored big against the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards this weekend.​Going into their current five-game jaunt up and down the East Coast, the Phoenix Suns were expected to be butchered by such powerhouse teams as 2008 NBA champs Boston in a basketball bloodbath. Almost every wag in sports punditry and the blogosphere was predicting such a slaughter, especially after Steve Nash and his boys experienced a major meltdown against Orlando last week. As it

  November 9, 2009

• High-Flying Suns Wrap Up 4-1 East Coast Swing with 119-115 Win Against 76ers

  www.nba.com/sunsJason Richardson: Another high-scoring effort.​Even the most fanatical of Suns worshippers couldn't have imagined such an outcome. A weeklong five-game road trip to the East Coast, including bouts against powerhouses Boston and Orlando, wrapping up with four wins for the Suns? Believe it. The Phoenix Suns are for real and have to be considered viable contenders in the Western Conference after a come-from-behind, gutty 119-115 win over the Philadelphia 76ers in Philly on Monday

  November 10, 2009

• It Was a Good Old-Fashioned Beat-Down, and (Damn!) it Was the Suns Doin' the Beatin'. Next Up: the Lakers Tonight.

  suns.com Lou Amundson's in-your-face block in the second quarter was symbolic of the whipping the Suns gave the Hornets.​Man, we've waited a long time for this! The Phoenix Suns dominated Chris Paul and New Orleans from the start at US Airways Center last night and wound up blowing out the Hornets (who challenged for NBA Western Conference supremacy a couple of seasons ago) 124-104. And (in a phrase we were accustomed to using about the scores Suns opponents ran up last

  November 12, 2009

• Suns Come Up Big on (Gasp!) D and Beat Rockets to Grab Best NBA Record Early On

  utahjazz.com Seldom-used Sun Jarron Collins played tough end-of-game minutes and nailed the win against Houston.​Okay, there are 70 games to go in the regular season -- not to mention more in the playoffs (prayerfully) -- but the Phoenix Suns beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 last night to achieve the best record in the NBA so far at 10-2. No matter what the Beantowners and Angelenos say, damn it, we're going to enjoy it as long as it lasts! As for the LeBron James and&

  November 18, 2009