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The chase is invariably better than the catch. For instance, the downtrodden Phoenix Suns are currently striving to make the upcoming NBA playoffs by any means necessary, despite the fact that they’ve dropped the ball most of this season. Even if Planet Orange somehow secures a postseason slot, chances are...
By Benjamin LeathermanMarch 10, 2011
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The chase is invariably better than the catch. For instance, the downtrodden Phoenix Suns are currently striving to make the upcoming NBA playoffs by any means necessary, despite the fact that they’ve dropped the ball most of this season. Even if Planet Orange somehow secures a postseason slot, chances are good some top-seeded team will wind up destroying ’em anyway.

Before that happens, the Suns will have to contend with the Orlando Magic.

Sun., March 13, 12:30 p.m., 2011

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Benjamin Leatherman is a staff writer for Phoenix New Times where he focuses primarily on arts, culture, music and nightlife. He joined New Times in 2003. Prior to that, he contributed to magazines such as Tips & Tricks and The Wrestler. Benjamin has earned multiple awards from the Arizona Press Club including an award for sports enterprise reporting in 2009 and an award for statewide arts reporting in 2014. He holds a bachelor’s of arts in journalism from Arizona State University’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication.

benjamin.leatherman@newtimes.com

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