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While everyone has Olympic fever (thankfully that is not a side effect of Zika) this week, the countdown to the Games has to be bittersweet for fans of softball. The sport was discontinued from the Olympics after 2008, and it has suffered since losing its most high-profile event.Nobody knows that better than Jennie Finch. The legendary pitcher was a member of the U.S. Olympic teams in 2004 and 2008, and she was devastated after the team lost in the gold-medal game in Beijing.While the sport looks certain to make its Olympic return in 2020, Finch will never forget the disappointment she and her teammates felt after failing to stand atop the podium in their last attempt. She wrote about that feeling in a piece for Vox on Wednesday. Even now, eight years later, Im not completely over it, she wrote.It was horrible. I felt that wed let down the tradition of USA Softball. 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I try to get there (the foul line) as much as possible. My guys were setting great screens for me and I was able to get downhill some.T.J. Warren scored 26 points and Eric Bledsoe had 21 for the winless Suns, who took the Thunder into overtime in Oklahoma City on Friday night. Tyson Chandler grabbed 18 rebounds for Phoenix.Game 3 with a young squad, have a chance to beat OKC on the road, have a chance to beat Golden State at home, Phoenix coach Earl Watson said. I think were right where we need to be.Warren was coming off a career-high 30 points against the Thunder.Unbelievable, Bledsoe said. I mean, hes `Tony Buckets. He does what his name says, he gets buckets.The Suns led by as many as 13 in the first half. The Warriors finally took somewhat shaky control midway through the final quarter.The game looked well in hand for the reigning Western Conference champs when Durant took a lob pass from Andre Iguodala, dunked and was fouled. The three-point play put the Warriors up 102-94 -- their biggest lead of the day -- with 1:19 to play.But Phoenix got consecutive driving layups from Bledsoe, Warren and Jared Dudley to cut it to 102-100 with 14.8 seconds remaining. The Suns haad to foul Curry, and arguably the best free throw shooter in the game made them both to put away Golden States second victory after a loss in its home opener.dddddddddddd.SUNS RUNPhoenix scored 16 straight points in what became a 22-2 run to lead 30-17 when Alex Len sank a pair of free throws with 38.4 seconds left in the first quarter. Six Suns scored in the run.TEENAGE FAREWELL,The Suns Devin Booker, playing despite a toe injury, had a rough day on the court on his 20th birthday, but he did some serious damage in the NBA as a teenager.Booker scored 1,078 points in 78 games as a teen. The only teens to score more are LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmello Anthony, Durant and Dwight Howard. Booker had six 30-point games as a teenager, one fewer than Durant.He missed six of his first seven shots Sunday and wound up 3-for-12 for seven points.Devins tough, Watson said. If you watch him, hes limping around a lot. He has no excuses or anything. He goes out there and plays.Booker said that the toe injury restricted him some but insisted it was not affecting his shooting.Ive cant make no excuses. Im just missing shots, Booker said. Im going to catch my rhythm. ... Im kind of anxious on some of my shots. Ive just got to let the game come to me and Ill be fine.TIP-INSWarriors: Golden State committed 16 turnovers, leading to 25 Phoenix points. ... Golden State beat the Suns for the eighth straight time. ... Golden State swept the four-game series with the Suns two of the last three years.Suns: Rookie Marquese Chriss drew his third technical foul of the season. He had two and was tossed from the previous game at Oklahoma City. ... Booker was 0 for 6 from the field before sinking a 3 at the shot-clock buzzer to tie it at 62.UP NEXTSuns: Play at the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday night.Warriors: Play at Portland on Tuesday night ' ' '