Amare Stoudemire News Archives

Toronto -- Steve Nash again made his annual trip home to Canada one to remember.

The NBA fined Phoenix Suns forward Amare Stoudemire and Charlotte Bobcats forward Tyson Chandler $7,500 each Sunday for posting to their Twitter accounts during games in violation of league rules.

Jason Richardson scored 22 points and dished out five assists, as the Phoenix Suns earned a 120-95 victory over Minnesota, dealing the Timberwolves their 15th straight defeat.

The Minnesota Timberwolves are closing in on a franchise record losing streak tonight as Phoenix brings the NBA's best record to the Target Center.

The Phoenix Suns are supposed to be an aging NBA afterthought, a franchise that a couple of years ago saw its best title shot slip away.

The Memphis Grizzlies kick off a tough five-game road trip Wednesday night by invading the Valley of the Sun to take on an impressive Phoenix team.

PHOENIX -- It was probably too much to ask of this young Pistons team to come up with another solid effort Sunday night.

Through the first 13 games of the regular season, the Phoenix Suns are 10-3, and have won a couple of solid games, including beating a then undefeated Celtics team at the Garden, and also beating Miami on South Beach.

The Detroit Pistons hope to salvage the finale of a four- game road trip Sunday when they take on the Pacific Division-leading Phoenix Suns.

The Suns were due a stinker and this one was not even rancid. Losing to New Orleans without Chris Paul is no bouquet but it was on the road and they had gone 12 games without a bad loss during a road-heavy schedule.

Tonight, the Hornets simply out-hustled the Phoenix Suns and evened Jeff Bower's head coaching record at 2-2. The Hornets owned a +18 edge on the glass and had an astonishing 25 offensive rebounds - one more than the total number of defensive rebounds the Suns had.

Steve Nash #13, Channing Frye #8, Amar'e Stoudemire #1, Grant Hill #33 and Jason Richardson #23 of the Phoenix Suns talk during a timeout against the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half at Staples Center on November 12, 2009 in Los Angeles, California.

Peja Stojakovic hit seven 3-pointers during a 25-point, 13-rebound performance, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Phoenix Suns 110-103 on Thursday night.

THE Phoenix Suns recovered from a slow start to get a 111-105 win over the Houston Rockets in the NBA yesterday, rallying from a double-digit deficit to victory for the fifth time this season.

To many, the idea of the Suns surviving on the boards this season was impossible, considering that NBA teams ourebounded them by 10 rebounds per game in the preseason.

Steve Nash completed a three-point play in the closing seconds to give Phoenix a 101-100 victory over the Toronto Raptors as the Suns maintained their unbeaten home record.

The Phoenix Suns will try to become the first NBA team with 10 wins tonight, when they pay a visit to the Houston Rockets at the Toyota Center.

Steve Nash and Joe Johnson in the backcourt and Amare Stoudemire, Shawn Marion and Hedo Turkoglu up front.

"- It's amazing how one shot can make such a difference in how a game is perceived.

Ita TMs a fair question, and one I never thought Ia TMd ask. However, with the Suns loss in L.A. last night, I began to accept just how important Jason Richardson is to this Phoenix Suns team.

The Phoenix Suns hope to rebound from just their second loss of the season when they host the Toronto Raptors Sunday night at US Airways Center.

Channing Frye guessed that signing with the Phoenix Suns and returning to his hometown would be a good fit for him, but I'm guessing that he didn't think it would be this good.

Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash combined to hit all eight of their first-quarter shots and the Phoenix Suns used a sizzling opening period to beat the New Orleans Hornets 124-104 on Wednesday night for their eighth victory in nine games.

I'll start with the good news. Lou Amundson hustled the Suns over 100 points in the final minute, leaving Lakers fans taco-less and Suns fans with two free tacos.

Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash combined to hit all eight of their first-quarter shots and the Phoenix Suns used a sizzling opening period to beat the New Orleans Hornets 124-104 on Wednesday night for their eighth victory in nine games.

When your team scores 119 points and shots 53% from the field there really isn't much to nitpick about the offense.

The cellphone rang and on the other end was an excited voice. His team had just hung the first loss of the season on the Celtics and in Boston, no less.

At first glance, the beginning of the Suns season looked like a bear. Six out of the first eight on the road, including a 5-game eastern road swing through Florida and the northeast, with two sets of back-to-backs thrown in for good measure.

Suns General Manager Steve Kerr joined his team for its weeklong road trip that ended Monday night and liked what he saw, both on and off the court.

Jason Richardson scored big against the Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards this weekend.

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Week Two has come and gone, unlike the Suns' success, which was predicted to go after a brutal roadtrip .

Jason Richardson finished with a game-high 22 points and Channing Frye added 18 to go along with 10 rebounds, as the Phoenix Suns claimed a 102-90 win over the Washington Wizards at Verizon Center.

Jason Richardson #23 of the Phoenix Suns during the NBA preseason game against the Sacramento Kings at US Airways Center on October 20, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Before Friday's game, both Celtics coach Doc Rivers and Phoenix coach Alvin Gentry were effusive in their praise of Kendrick Perkins .

It used to be that a season's defining moments for the Suns came against the top teams.

The Boston Celtics hope to win their first seven games of the season for the second time in three years tonight at TD Garden, where they will welcome one of the West's best in the Phoenix Suns.

The Phoenix Suns are hoping to conjure up some old memories of the franchise tonight, when they shoot for the first 5-0 start since the 1984-85 season against the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

Lots of players against their old teams today, an NBA owner quietly settling a discrimination law suit, a woman getting the nod as head coach of a Dallas affiliated D-League team and two teams remaining unbeaten, one in each conference.

The Suns had one of those offensive nights that reminded fans of "good 'ol days". Eighty-two shots taken, forty-one made and thirty trips to the free throw line, all culminating in hundred and twenty points.

Yep, you heard me right. Amare Stoudemire is to me what Arthur Spooner was to Doug Heffernen.

The Phoenix Suns are hoping to conjure up some old memories of the franchise tonight, when they shoot for the first 5-0 start since the 1984-85 season against the defending Eastern Conference champion Orlando Magic at Amway Arena.

Who knew? Miami and Phoenix for the right to stay undefeated. The Heat is on. Suns at Heat C: Channing Frye .

The Suns pushed their conditioning last month to prepare for the way they want to play and for the grind of the season, and the players are helped when the staff backs off on practice days, as it did Monday.

Phoenix Suns' GM Steve Kerr appeared for his weekly visit on Sports 620 KTAR's Doug and Wolf show on Wednesday morning to talk about the team's preparation for the season.

In the NBA, a good buzz is hard to find. It occurs when everyone in town is talking basketball, when even the supermarkets are stocking team gear.

They were called team options but really each Suns player left management little option with how to act on their contracts.