Suns Win 7th Straight Game, Including Back-to-Back Over Kings
The Phoenix Suns completed a back-to-back sweep of the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday night to go into the holiday weekend on a 7 game winning streak. After narrowly winning Tuesday night in Sacramento, the Suns welcomed the Kings to Phoenix with a strong opening statement, scoring 47 points in the first quarter. Phoenix would never let up enroute to a 127-111 victory for their 7th straight and 10th overall (currently 10-2).
The Suns were far enough ahead late in the 3rd quarter for rookies D.J. Strawberry and Alando Tucker to get in the action. Tucker finished with 10 points and Strawberry with 5. All five Suns starters scored in double figures, with Shawn Marion leading the way (25 pts). Phoenix shot extremely well in the game (53%), including 42% from 3-pt land and 19-21 from the charity stripe. The free throws are an improvement over how the team started the season. Marion, Barbosa and Hill were all struggling knock down the gimmies, but each has been getting a little better each game.
The Suns didn't have any player with more than 6 rebounds and got out-rebounded by 18, yet still came away with the win Steve Nash led Phoenix with 15 assists and only 1 TO - the entire team only committed 7 turnovers in the game.
Amare Stoudemire dunks against the Kings
In other NBA news, Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas will be out for 3 months after knee surgery on Wednesday. Lebron scores 45 to get Cavs to .500 basketball. Celtics start a new winnng streak, while the Knicks continue their losing streak (now at 8 games).