Coach protecting stars in Flames-Canucks brawl?

The Coyotes were engaged in their own fight Saturday night, wresting away two points from the New Jersey Devils, when a line brawl between the Vancouver Canucks and Calgary Flames erupted barely two seconds into the game and resulted in eight ejections. "Glad I wasn't a part of it," defenseman Keith Yandle said. "I would have been asking not to start the game."



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Healthy, hard-working Alex Len finally is able to show why Phoenix Suns selected him at No. 5

Forty-five NBA rookies have played more minutes than Alex Len. Rookie big men Steven Adams, Cody Zeller, Kelly Olynyk and Mason Plumlee have benefited from larger roles and better health.



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Indiana Pacers rolling, but trade to Phoenix Suns is 'perfect' for Miles Plumlee

Miles Plumlee was traded away by what has turned out to be the NBA's top team, and it could not have been better for him or made him happier for his former employer. Plumlee has it too good to be the bitter ex-employee toward Indiana, the 32-7 team that visits Wednesday night to face Plumlee and the Suns. He went from watching as much Pacers basketball as a season-ticket holder last season, when he logged 55 minutes of playing time, to becoming the Suns' starting center five days before the season opener and thriving with near double-double averages.



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Corona del Sol shows dominance in win over Shadow Mountain in Martin Luther King Basketball Classic

Tempe Corona del Sol showed the disparity between the No.1-ranked team in Division I and the top team in Division II. Then again, Corona del Sol lately has shown there is a substantial gap between it and the rest of Arizona, Division I included, after defeating Phoenix Shadow Mountain 79-52 Monday night in the finale of the five-game Martin Luther King Basketball Classic at Grand Canyon University Arena.



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Trey Ingram lifts Pinnacle over Mesa in Martin Luther King Basketball Classic

Something about the Martin Luther King Basketball Classic that brings the best out of guard Trey Ingram. He had a huge game in a win over Scottsdale Desert Mountain last year at Arizona State's Wells Fargo Arena, and, on Monday, he sank the game winner with a second left, giving Phoenix Pinnacle a 60-58 win over Mesa at Grand Canyon University Arena.



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Phoenix Coyotes fall into early hole, lose to Toronto Maple Leafs

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Jonathan Bernier stopped 39 shots and the Toronto Maple Leafs had another big scoring night to beat the Phoenix Coyotes 4-2 Monday for their first five-game winning streak in seven years.



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Sunnyslope races past Cesar Chavez at Martin Luther King Basketball Classic

Phoenix Sunnyslope got inside a big building, with bright lights, a jumbo screen Monday, and it kicked into warp speed. With Sammy Barnes-Thompkins leading the break, center Michael Humphrey doing damage inside, and guard Navareio Holmes turning up the defensive heat, No.2-ranked Sunnyslope raced past Laveen Cesar Chavez 74-40 at the Martin Luther King Basketball Classic at Grand Canyon University Arena.



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