Game Day: Jared Dudley says Suns can earn respect by playing with more aggression

(Photo: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports)The Phoenix Suns visit the Utah Jazz Wednesday. Follow this page for updates from the game.

SALT LAKE CITY – Jared Dudley believes there’s one way, and only one way, for the Suns to gain some of the respect they’ve lost this season.

Play hard.

For Dudley, that doesn’t mean knocking a player to the floor when they get into the lane or channeling their inner Raja Bell and clotheslining an opponent to send a message.

It does mean making games as difficult as possible, something Phoenix obviously hasn’t done in recent losses to Golden State, San Antonio and Utah, who the Suns face at 7 p.m. Wednesday.

“If you don’t play better mad then let’s play better…