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Streaking Suns rout Pacers 124-89
Shawn Marion scored 21 points and Amare Stoudemire had 20 points and 14 rebounds to help the Phoenix Suns rout the Indiana Pacers 124-89 on Sunday night for their sixth straight victory and NBA-best 30th of the season, one more than they won all of last year.
Joe Johnson added 15, Quentin Richardson 14, and Steve Nash, Steven Hunter and Maceij Lampe each scored 10 in the Suns' highest-scoring and most one-sided victory of the season.
Next up for Phoenix is a home showdown with Shaquille O'Neal and the Miami Heat on Tuesday night — a matchup of conference leaders.
Phoenix never trailed, blowing open a 22-point lead in the first quarter, 25 in the second and 38 in the third and 42 in the fourth.
The Pacers fell to 0-3 on their road trip with a stop left in Memphis. Indiana has lost those three — against San Antonio, Dallas and Phoenix — by a combined 68 points.
Jamaal Tinsley scored 21 and Jermaine O'Neal 16 for the Pacers.
The Suns, home after a three-game road trip, had the pedal to the floor from the start, opening up a 15-3 lead on Marion's 3-pointer, then 22-5 on Stoudemire's fastbreak stuff with 5:44 left in the quarter.
Phoenix led by 22 twice in the first quarter, the last time at 31-9 on Richardson's turnaround 10-footer from the baseline with 1:56 left.
The Suns got the lead to 25 late in the second quarter, the last time at 65-40 after Nash's 19-footer with 22 seconds to play. Tinsley's layup made it 65-42 at the break.
Phoenix started the second half with a 10-2 run to go up 75-44 on Marion's 13-foot turnaround jumper with 8:43 left in the third quarter.
Moments later, Marion blocked Reggie Miller's shot, then floated in for an acrobatic layup to make it 77-47. Hunter's rebound dunk put the Suns up 97-59 after three quarters.
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