Nash, Stoudemire Help Suns Beat Kings
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Posted: 10:50 PM Dec 5, 2009
Nash, Stoudemire Help Suns Beat Kings
PHOENIX (AP) - Steve Nash scored 32 points, Amare Stoudemire had 18 points and 21 rebounds and Phoenix used a late 3-point spree to beat Sacramento 115-107 on Saturday night, snapping the Kings' four-game winning streak.
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PHOENIX (AP) - Steve Nash scored 32 points, Amare Stoudemire had 18 points and 21 rebounds and Phoenix used a late 3-point spree to beat Sacramento 115-107 on Saturday night, snapping the Kings' four-game winning streak.

Tyreke Evans scored 21 points, and Andres Nocioni had 20 for the Kings, who lost for the eighth straight time in Phoenix.

The Suns, coming off consecutive road losses to New York and Cleveland, improved to 7-0 at home.

Channing Frye, 1 of 7 from the field through three quarters, made all three of his shots - each of them a 3-pointer - in the fourth to finish with 15 points. Jason Richardson added 16 points, and Grant Hill 14 in the Suns' only home game in a stretch of seven contests.

The Suns made five of six 3-pointers in the final 6 minutes - three by Frye and two by Nash, who scored 20 points in the second half.

Frye made two 3s and Nash one in a 12-3 run that opened a 105-96 lead with 3½ minutes to play. Phoenix sealed it with a 3 by Nash with 1:10 to play and another by Frye with 44.8 seconds to go.

The Kings were up 83-82 after three quarters and there were three lead changes and four ties before Phoenix took the lead for good 95-93 on Nash's 4-foot fadeaway with 7½ minutes to play.

Moments later, after a mad scramble for the ball, Nash threw to an open Frye, who sank a 3-pointer to make it 98-94 with 5:57 left. After Stoudemire made one of two free throws, Frye sank a 3 as the 24-second clock expired to put the Suns ahead 102-94 with 4:10 to go.

It was close the entire game.

Down 60-55 at the half, Sacramento went ahead 65-64 with a 10-4 surge to start the second half, and neither team led by more than three points the rest of the third quarter. The Kings led 83-82 entering the fourth.

NOTES: Sacramento's four straight victories were all at home. ... The Kings played the first of four games in five nights. ... Phoenix has played the most road games in the NBA so far this season (13). ... The Suns' Lou Amundson missed the game because of the flu. ... Phoenix is at the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday. Both times the Suns have met the Lakers this season have been on the road on their second game on consecutive nights.

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