[新聞] Fast start lifts Phoenix over Hornets
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The Associated Press
Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.12.2009
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PHOENIX — Amare Stoudemire and Steve Nash combined to hit all eight of their
first-quarter shots, and the Phoenix Suns used a sizzling opening period to
beat the New Orleans Hornets 124-104 Wednesday night.
Phoenix has won eight of its nine games this season.
The Suns have the best record in the Western Conference and are tied with the
Boston Celtics for the league's best mark.
Stoudemire led eight Phoenix players in double figures with 21 points. Grant
Hill scored 18, Goran Dragic 14, former Arizona Wildcat Channing Frye and
Jason Richardson 13 apiece, Nash had 12 and Jared Dudley and Leandro Barbosa
11 each. Nash also had 10 assists.
Chris Paul topped New Orleans with 25 points and Emeka Okafor scored 13.
Phoenix will face its toughest test tonight when it meets the defending
champion Lakers in Los Angeles. The Lakers are 6-1 and will be playing after
three days rest.
The last time the Suns had such an enviable record at the start of the season
was 1980-81, when they began 11-1.
Phoenix's 124 points were a season high and the win was their fourth straight.
The victory was the Suns' 12th straight at home, including nine last season.
They have not lost at US Airways Center since March 12 against Cleveland.
This was the 29th consecutive game they have scored at least 100 points at
home and improved their home record to 17-3 under Coach Alvin Gentry, who
replaced Terry Porter in February.
Reaching 100 points in all nine games this season marks the first time they
have done it since the 1990-91 season, and makes them the only team to score
that many in every game this season.
The Suns were outstanding in the opening period, hitting 16 of their 22 shots.
Of their first 16 shots, they made 13, missing only three three-pointers.
Stoudemire, using his maneuverability to get free under the basket, hit all
five of his field goal attempts, and Nash, working the offense to perfection,
was 3 for 3. He also had seven assists. The Suns finished the period with a
40-29 lead.
The Hornets were hurt early when David West, their second-leading scorer,
left after only 1:12 with a strained right knee. He limped to the locker room
and missed about six minutes. But when he returned, he was generally
ineffective. West wound up with only 10 points on 3-of-9 shooting.
By halftime, the Suns had stretched their lead to 75-56, helped by a huge
23-9 rebounding advantage.
Phoenix padded its lead to 27 points, 85-58, early in the third quarter,
outscoring New Orleans 13-5 in the first 7:13. Frye capped the burst with a
three-pointer. At the end of the quarter, when Phoenix led 101-77, the Suns
had 11 three-pointers, giving them 100 for the season, making them the
fastest team in NBA history to reach that plateau.
The Suns were 1-3 against the Lakers last season and are only 25-80 against
them in Los Angeles.
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