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Postgame Recap: Kings @ Suns

PHOENIX 115, SACRAMENTO 107

December 5, 2009 – At US Airways Center, Steve Nash scored 20 of his game-high 32 points in the second half and Amar’e Stoudemire recorded 18 points and 21 rebounds to keep the Suns perfect at home (7-0) with a 115-107 win over the visiting Kings. Phoenix scored first in the second quarter for their largest lead of the game, an 11-point advantage, 37-26. The Kings outscored the Suns, 25-13, to take a 51-50 lead with 2:53 left before the half. Phoenix ended the second quarter scoring five unanswered points for a 60-55 lead. In the fourth quarter, the Kings tied the score at 93-93 on Andres Nocioni’s three-pointer, but the Suns used an 8-0 run capped off by Channing Frye’s trey for a 102-94 lead with 4:10 remaining. The Kings cut the lead down to five, but Nash buried his third three-pointer of the game with 1:10 left. After a Tyreke Evans’ basket, Frye delivered his fourth three-pointer to finish with 15 points and give the Suns a 113-104 lead with 44.8 seconds left. Evans led the Kings with 21 points. Nocioni finished with 20 points. Kenny Thomas grabbed a team-high 18 rebounds, eight coming on the offensive end, in 28 minutes off the bench. The Kings outrebounded the Suns, 48-43, but struggled from the free line, missing nine attempts (20-29 FT).

NOTES: The Kings have scored 100 or more points in 14 of the last 15 games, including the last eight. Tyreke Evans has scored 20 or more points in 11 games this season, tops among rookies. The Suns have defeated the Kings in Phoenix the last seven times. Before halftime, three Kings starters had three fouls – Evans, Donte Greene, and Jason Thompson and the Suns had gone to the line seven more times than the Kings, 22 to 15. Sacramento committed only three turnovers in the second half, all three coming in the third quarter, and finished with 10 for the game. The game featured 17 lead changes and 16 ties.