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It was time, Rafer Alston figured. Time to start piecing together the first unit.

The Suns famously score by committee. They survive on the boards with a committee effort.

The Suns are like all basketball players. Given a ball and an open floor, most gravitate to the 3-point line for a shot.

Inside Amar'e Stoudemire's locker, he keeps a Michael Jordan quote in which Jordan says he missed more than 9,000 shots and ends, "I've failed over and over again and that's when I succeed." Taking heed, Stoudemire has put up four consecutive 20-point games since he shot 2 for 15 against the Los Angeles Lakers 11 days ago.

Former UNLV center Louis Amundson , a fan favorite in Phoenix, looking on in a Suns' huddle during a Sunday timeout of an eventual victory over Toronto.

Suns rookie Earl Clark is on his first real NBA road trip and is enjoying a run of five stops in seven days more than his teammates.

Jared Dudley celebrates a basket during the Suns' 104-96 win over Miami Tuesday night.

The Phoenix Suns won their fourth consecutive game to begin the season, rallying past the Miami Heat 104-96 on Tuesday night in a battle of undefeated teams.

It took all of four games this season for the Suns to accomplish something they couldn't last season.

A politically incorrect blog about Arizona sports. Jersey Issues November 2nd, 2009 9:02 PM by zodogg34 shopadidas.com At last night's Suns game I noticed that a lot of Suns fans are still wearing their Shaquille O'Neal jerseys that they bought over the last two seasons.

From Goodyear to Scottsdale, some independent restaurant owners in the Valley are bucking the recession by expanding their eateries to new locations.

For a veteran like Steve Nash, that word means nothing. He already has enough MVPs in his trophy case at home to make it so a couple missed shots or bad passes won't shake him in the least bit.

Photos from the game Box score Suns coach Alvin Gentry consistently has praised Jason Richardson's defensive effort and Amare Stoudemire's progress since training camp, but the merit in such compliments was never as obvious as Friday night.

If the Suns had a long practice a year ago, it involved a film session bordering on lecture class and a walk-through. On Wednesday, Suns coach Alvin Gentry taxed the Suns more on the floor, spending big chunks of practice on defensive rotations and conditioning.

Paul Westphal to Sam Amick regarding Sean May starting over Spencer Hawes : "A lot of times the most important players on the team, the guys that don't start, they might lead the team in minutes," [Westphal] said.

John Shumate is coming off his first training camp as a Suns assistant coach, although he has been with the organization since 1998 in different capacities.

Reward yourself for making it to work two days this week, by going out tonight. Cheers. Majerle's Sports Grill 24 N. Second St.

Since it's trip nines on the calendar we figured it'd be a great idea to honor the best and most popular to ever wear the number 9 in Phoenix sports, Dan Majerle .

As delays go, Saturday night's wasn't too bad. The Wildcats have waited through three lightning delays at home in the past five years.

All of the new Suns already have arrived in Phoenix now that Channing Frye took part in his first informal workout today.