Friday, December 24, 2004

Santa smiles on Suns

Amare Stoudemire had 30 points, 11 rebounds and five steals -- and Shawn Marion scored 29 points -- to lead the Suns to their season-best 10th consecutive victory, 109-102 over the Memphis Grizzlies on Thursday night.

The Suns -- winners of nine in a row earlier this season -- improved to 23-3, the NBA's best start since the Bulls went 41-3 in 1995-96.

Steve Nash had 17 points and 14 assists, and sealed the victory with four free throws in the last 23.1 seconds. Nash has had at least 10 assists in each of the 10 victories. Only Magic Johnson -- in 1986-87 -- has managed that feat in NBA history.

Nash can become the first player ever to hand out at least 10 assists in eleven straight wins when Phoenix hosts Toronto Sunday.

Last night, the Suns became the first team in NBA history to win 10 in a row after a 50-loss season.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Ya Suns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Way to go Dan on keeping with them through the tough years too--now the sweet smell of victory is back!!

Karen Swanson

(only anonymous cause my password doesn't work)