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The Phoenix Suns are just one game out of the playoffs and the team ahead of them just so happens to be the team on the schedule for Friday night, the Denver Nuggets. A win by Phoenix would give both team identical 29-26 records and that qualifies this as a "Big Game".
It is not, however, a must win game. A loss to the Nuggets would be a set back for the Suns but there's still 11 games left in the season, including another meeting with the Nuggets.
Denver is coming off a road loss to the New Orleans Hornets on Wednesday while the Suns are coming off their amazing and thrilling win in Utah.
Projected Lineups:
- Point guard: Steve Nash --- Ty Lawson
- Shooting guard: Shannon Brown -- Arron Afflalo
- Small forward: Jared Dudley -- Corey Brewer
- Power forward: Channing Frye -- Kennth Faried
- Center: Marcin Gortat -- JaVale McGee
- Key subs: Suns (Sebastian Telfair, Robin Lopez, Michael Redd). Nuggets (Al Harrington, Andre Miller, Kosta Koufos)
TV broadcast info:
The Suns game tips off at 6:00 p.m. Arizona time on Fox Sports Arizona Plus (channel finder)and Arizona Sports 620 radio. Bright Side of the Sun will have the live game thread.
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