PHOENIX -- John Wallace scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second quarter and Penny Hardaway finished with a triple-double to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 109-92 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
Wallace sparked a second-quarter burst that propelled the Suns from a 27-25 first-period deficit to a 58-51 halftime lead.
After that, the Suns never led by fewer than five points in beating the Nuggets for the first time in three meetings this season. Their biggest margin was the final score.
Hardaway, who hit the last two baskets of the game, finished with 12 points, 10 rebounds and 11 assists. Rodney Rogers and Shawn Marion each scored 22 points for the Suns.
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John Wallace doesn't get a lot of opportunities to play for the Phoenix Suns. Wallace made the most of it when Shawn Marion picked up three early fouls.
Wallace scored 15 of his season-high 23 points in the second quarter and Penny Hardaway finished with a triple-double to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 109-92 victory over the Denver Nuggets on Saturday night.
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Afterward, coach Scott Skiles said he had a premonition that Wallace would have a big game because of the matchups against the Nuggets.
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PHOENIX - Two games after beginning their holiday tour of the West, the Celtics still have their luggage. But they've lost their hold on first place.
In the last breath against the Suns last night, the Celts went from victory to defeat in a microsecond as Paul Pierce's trey from the right went halfway down before reversing course and slipping out, leaving the lads with an 84-82 loss and an 0-2 mark on the four-game trip.
Coupled with New Jersey's win at Detroit, the C's fell a game back in the Atlantic Division while scoring their season low. Pierce saved the Boston bacon for most of the evening, scoring 33 points - including 14 of the Celtics' 19 in the last quarter - but even he seemed powerless to defy the strange planetary alignment at America West Arena.
Pierce's masterpiece went for naught because Stephon Marbury buried a 22-footer over Kenny Anderson with two seconds left. That's the same Stephon Marbury who went up for the shot having made just 1-of-11 in the game. He finished with seven points.
``I was there, man, but it was the law of percentages,'' said Anderson. ``I guess he was due. I knew I had to bust my ass tonight and I did that. He just hit a big shot.''
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Suns Dec 2001 Archive
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| Dec 28, 2001
The Suns placed center Jake Tsakalidis on the injured list Thursday and activated Daniel Santiago for the first time this season, according to the Arizona Republic.
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| Dec 27, 2001
The winning streak is snapped.
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| Dec 19, 2001
According to the Arizona Rpeblic, Suns guard Penny Hardaway said he wasn't seeking an excuse for Tuesday's sluggish fourth quarter, but he said the 6 p.
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| Dec 18, 2001
Coach Scott Skiles said Monday that he might start Jake Voskuhl in place of center Jake Tsakalidis, according to the Arizona Gazette.
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| Dec 16, 2001
Sunday, December 16, 2001 - Denver Nuggets coach Mike Evans saw something refreshing at the end of an exhausting week.
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| Dec 16, 2001
Over the past few seasons, Penny Hardaway turned into an NBA phantom.
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| Dec 16, 2001
Bob Young writes in the Arizona Republic that the Suns are only too familiar with how much Antonio McDyess has struggled with his career decisions.
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| Dec 15, 2001
Popovich rewarded his rookie with a slap to the head.
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| Dec 13, 2001
According to the Arizona Republic, In the most telling statistical category of his season, Penny Hardaway is 23 for 23.
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| Dec 12, 2001
A loss in strength above Tom Gugliotta's surgically repaired left knee has resulted in a strain, according to the Arizona Republic.
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| Dec 10, 2001
Penny Hardaway found the perfect way to redeem himself after a tough loss.
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| Dec 9, 2001
WHO GOT THE BETTER DEAL in last summer's trade between New Jersey and Phoenix? The debate rages, but the fact of the matter is each player has made his new team better.
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| Dec 6, 2001
It was a perversely familiar sight for Nets fans: Stephon Marbury, his team down by 20, sat forlornly on the bench with a towel draped over his head.
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| Dec 6, 2001
Silk whipped Brillo last night at the Meadowlands.
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| Dec 6, 2001
Dating back to about one week after the Big Bang created the universe, New Jersey's NBA reputation placed it roughly as the armpit of the cosmos.
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| Dec 6, 2001
THE cold stare said it all.
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| Dec 6, 2001
After a sleepless night during which he paced and thought, then thought and paced, Jason Kidd came up with a plan on his way to last night's nationally televised duel with Stephon Marbury and the Suns.
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| Dec 6, 2001
Stephon Marbury walked into the visitors' locker room at Continental Arena this morning with a bounce in his step and a smile when he saw the throng of waiting reporters.
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| Dec 6, 2001
Questions, questions, questions.
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| Dec 6, 2001
No matter how often Jason Kidd said that tonight was going to be just another game, he did not mean it.
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| Dec 5, 2001
Tracy McGrady took one look at the Orlando Magic's roster prior to this season and boldly pronounced that big things were ahead.
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| Dec 3, 2001
Bob Young writes in the Arizona Republic that the resurgent Suns take a four-game winning streak into tonight's game against the Golden State Warriors at America West Arena.
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| Dec 1, 2001
From the Arizona Republic:
Stephon Marbury borrows a line that is a mix of Al Davis and Vince Lombardi.
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| Dec 1, 2001
From the Salt Lake Tribune:
Sometimes, statistics lie.
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| Dec 1, 2001
The Jazz didn't play together in the second half, but Phoenix did, reports Tim Buckley of the Deseret News:
"Teams that play together often win together.
