Player-coach rift dogs Suns, who face Clippers next
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The Phoenix Suns have won seven of their last nine games as they enter Monday night's home contest against the Los Angeles Clippers, who are on a roll themselves as winners of six of their past eight.
Belying the Suns' surge, however, is a rift between former starting center Jusuf Nurkic and coach Mike Budenholzer.
After Saturday night's win over the Washington Wizards, Nurkic cla