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9:00 pm EST Sat Mar 6, 2010

Locked in a hotly contested Western Conference playoff race, the Phoenix Suns would love to take advantage of a lengthy homestand, but they didn’t get that season-high, seven-game stretch off to a strong start. A matchup with the struggling Indiana Pacers would seem to give the Suns a prime opportunity to bounce back, but they’ve had trouble containing the Pacers in recent meetings. Phoenix will try to avoid a third straight loss to Indiana and earn its 14th win in 18 games overall Saturday night. The Suns are in a dense cluster of seven teams within 5 1/2 games of one another in the West and will face two of those clubs, Utah and Portland, to conclude its seven-game homestand.

That homestand got off to an inauspicious start Thursday night, when the Suns lost to the Jazz 116-108 to fall 1 1/2 games behind them in the conference. Phoenix led by 11 points entering the fourth quarter but seemed to run out of steam in its fourth game in five nights, getting outscored 41-22 over the final 12 minutes. It was a rare defensive lapse of late for the Suns, who have held opponents to 99.1 points per game while winning seven of nine. On the season, Phoenix has allowed 106.1 points per game. The Suns’ defense figures to get tested by the Pacers, who have averaged 115.4 points in their last five games in the series, including 117.5 in back-to-back wins.