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Amare Stoudemire scored 21 points and Steve Nash tallied 20 points and nine assists in Phoenix's 117-91 blowout of the Detroit Pistons.

Its getting cooler in the nights here in the desert.A Is hell freezing over?A No, that's just the Suns getting wins by their incredible defensive play as of late.

On Saturday, Phoenix Suns guard Leandro Barbosa went to a church to pray for his mother, just as his siblings were doing in Brazil on the one-year anniversary of her death.

Peja Stojakovic nailed 7-of-11 three-point tries and recorded 25 points and 13 rebounds to carry New Orleans to a 110-103 victory over the Phoenix Suns.

Amare Stoudemire scored 23 points, Steve Nash had 16 assists and the Phoenix Suns recovered from a slow start to beat the Houston Rockets 111-105 on Tuesday night.

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.

Los Angeles Lakers' Andrew Bynum , Ron Artest , Kobe Bryant and Derek Fisher meet with head coach Phil Jackson, second from right, during the first half of their NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks, Sunday, Nov.

Lakers are able to slow and eventually smother the team that thrill-seeking fans hoped would be their biggest Western rival.

It wasn't supposed to be like this in Phoenix. Not this season anyway. Steve Nash wasn't supposed to be as productive as ever at 35.

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

Jason Richardson sank six shots from beyond the arc and finished with 29 points, while Steve Nash ended with 21 points and 20 assists, as the Phoenix Suns used a strong second half to post a 119-115 victory over the Philadelphia 76ers.

Have you ever seen the movie Awakenings starring Robin Williams and Robert DeNiro ? It's a film from the early 1990's about a doctor, played by Williams, that discovers a drug that makes catatonic patients in his hospital, including DeNiro, come back to life.

Heading into the second game of this brutal five-game road trip, I was anxious to see how the red-hot Suns would perform against some of the NBA's elite.

The Suns play Boston tonight. Hopefully Steve Nash doesn't get kidnapped by these guys before tipoff.

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 Suns missed Leandro Barbosa's speed in Wednesday night's loss to Orlando, but Barbosa's sore right wrist may be healed enough to allow him to play Friday.

Previous week's games 10/30/09 SUNS 123, Warriors 101 11/01/09 SUNS 120, Timberwolves 112 11/03/09 SUNS 104, Heat 96 11/04/09 Magic 122, SUNS 100 Next week's games 11/06/09 SUNS @ Celtics a ' 5:30 p.m., my45 11/08/09 SUNS @ Wizards a ' 11 a.m., my45 11/09/09 SUNS @ Sixers a ' 5 p.m., my45 11/11/09 SUNS vs Hornets a ' 8:30 p.m., ESPN Ita TMs ...

Dwight Howard #12 of the Orlando Magic goes up for a shot over Andre Igoudala #9 and Marreese Speights #16 of the Philadelphia 76ers during the game on October 28, 2009 at Amway Arena in Orlando, Florida.

Suns guard Leandro Barbosa and Magic guard Vince Carter will not play in tonight's game at Orlando's Amway Arena.

Steve Nash scored 30 points and added eight assists, and the Phoenix Suns used a dominant fourth quarter to beat the Miami Heat 104-96 in a matchup of NBA unbeatens Tuesday night.