Phoenix Suns News

Blake Griffin is nothing short of a lightning rod - for teammates, opposing players and referees.

Back in 2010-2011 when all of our most magical dreams were realized and the Dallas Mavericks took hold of their first championship, knocking off the Portland Trail Blazers, sweeping the Los Angeles Lakers and ending that variance of a Laker dynasty in convincing fashion.

Set your alarms, Arizona and West Coast Suns fans! The Phoenix Suns will make like the real sun and rise and shine for an early morning tip-off against the Toronto Raptors on Sunday morning.

In this file photo, Lakers' coach Mike D'Antoni looks up at the scoreboard during a timeout against the Jazz in an NBA Western Conference game at the Staples Center on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2014, in Los Angeles, Calif.

Before the start of the 2013-14 NBA season, a springtime Thursday night matchup between the Oklahoma City Thunder and Los Angeles Lakers seemed like a pretty attractive primetime affair, with visions of league-leading scorer Kevin Durant leading another title-contending Thunder squad into a contest with a Lakers team perhaps scrapping for a playoff ... (more)

Every potent NBA franchise comes with a face. It can be a coach , an executive , an owner or a player .

The Celtics get back to work Friday night where they'll take on the Phoenix Suns at the TD Garden.

Regardless, Phil Jackson isn't walking through that door to restore the Lakers back to a storied franchise.

Danny Green had 15 points and the Spurs won their ninth straight, defeating the Lakers 119-85 on Friday night for their largest victory over Los Angeles.

For those that have, I'm going to start by lining up the teams, in order of draft choice, based on today's standings.

After 64 games, it is obvious that the Phoenix Suns need to be perfectly healthy to be a winning basketball team.

Mar 12, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; Phoenix Suns head coach Jeff Hornacek talks with guard Eric Bledsoe in the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at US Airways Center.

This is the time of year where the going gets tough and the tough get going... but it comes at a particularly troubling time for a Suns team that seems to have a precariously low supply of toughness.

For Los Angeles Lakers fans with eyes only for the future, feel free to read what you want into the fact that in this big college conference tournament week, Lakers general manager Mitch Kupchak is personally attending the Big 12 tournament in Kansas City.

Mar 9, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; Golden State Warriors guard Stephen Curry prepares to attempt a shot next to Phoenix Suns guard Goran Dragic in the third quarter at Oracle Arena.

The Heat has lost four of its past five games and is 3-4 in March. It's the team's worst period since the 2010-11 season.

It's something that's rarely, if ever, come up in the midst of KD vs. LeBron, but Blake Griffin is making an MVP push.

Feb 11, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Lakers guard Steve Nash dribbles the ball around Utah Jazz guard Trey Burke at Staples Center.

Gerald Green is no doubt an impact player for the Phoenix Suns this season, but it's a phenomenon that cuts both ways.

Speaking on ESPN's First Take , Stephen A. Smith suggested that D'Antoni's first full season as head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers could also be his last.