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Game 75 - Nets vs. Suns - Wednesday, March 31, 7:30

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Other than Robin Lopez, the Suns will be healthy Wednesday.  No luck facing a team without one of its top two players. While Lopez has improved greatly this season, he's not Steve Nash, Amar'e Stoudemire, Jason Richardson or Grant Hill.  In fact, few teams have been playing better basketball since the All-Star break and are the Suns are now fourth seeded in the West, a half-game back of second-place Dallas in an increasingly tight playoff race.  They've won eight straight, averaging 120.3 points a game over that stretch. The Suns lead the league in offensive efficiency, as well as 3-point percentage, led by Jared Dudley and Channing Frye, both shooting 44 percent from deep. In fact, the Alvin Gentry-coached Suns are averaging more points per game than Suns teams  coached by his former boss, Mike D'Antoni.  On Tuesday, they won again, this time in Chicago, beating the Bulls 111-105 with Richardson finishing with 27 points. Nash had 22 and Stoudemire had 21.

  • New Jersey Nets Game Notes - New Jersey Nets
  • Phoenix Suns Game Notes - Phoenix Suns 
  • Getting Inside - New Jersey Nets - Sports Xchange
  • Getting Inside - Phoenix Suns - Sports Xchange
  • Sun Not Setting on Nash - Ben Couch - New Jersey Nets
  • Suns fight off persistent Bulls for eighth straight win - Kent McDill - NBA.com
  • Suns-Nets Preview - Stats
  • Nets scale from 10 - Fred Kerber - New York Post
  • Nets shooting for loftier goals - Julian Garcia - New York Daily News
  • Powerful Sun visiting N.J.- Al Iannazzone - The Record
  • Nets' up next: Suns - Al Iannazzone - The Record
  • The Nets like winning, but it may end up costing them in the long run - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
  • Phoenix Suns' points average tops NBA - Paul Coro - Arizona Republic
  • Should the Nets Start Tanking Games Now? - Marcel Mutoni - SLAM
  • Bold Prediction: New Jersey Will Finish With More Wins Than Minnesota - Aron Phillips - DIME