PHOENIX (AP) - Grant Hill scored a season-high 27 points and the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the final 3 1/2 minutes Friday night to beat the Golden State Warriors 115-105.
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Jason Richardson scored 17 of his 25 points in the second half as the Suns defeated the Warriors two nights after losing at Golden State 124-112. Amare Stoudemire added 19 points and 15 rebounds for the winners.
Phoenix had lost eight of 12 games going into the contest and blew most of an 11-point fourth-quarter lead before Steve Nash put the game away with six points in the final 1:25. Nash had 19 points and eight assists.
Corey Maggette scored 25 points and Stephen Jackson 24 for the Warriors, who fell to 5-23 on the road.
With his first basket, which didn't come until the second quarter because of foul trouble, the Suns' Shaquille O'Neal became the seventh player in NBA history to score 27,000 points. O'Neal scored 12 points before fouling out with 1:17 to play.
Andris Biedrins had 11 points and 11 rebounds for Golden State before leaving with a right ankle injury with 6:23 left in the third quarter. Jamal Crawford added 17 points and Monta Ellis 15 for the Warriors.
Richardson scored 10 points in a 2 1/2-minute span late in the third quarter and early in the fourth. His 3-pointer with 10:11 to play put the Suns ahead 93-89.
Hill - who finished 12-of-17 shooting - capped a 13-3 run with an inside basket to put the Suns ahead 103-92 with 6:19 remaining.
Golden State, though, scored the next nine on two three-point plays and a 3-pointer by Jackson. Maggette's three-point play cut the lead to 103-101 with 4:27 to go.
The Warriors scored the first nine points of the second half to take their first lead of the game. Biedrins converted a three-point play, then followed with a layup to put Golden State ahead 63-59. The Warriors twice led by five points in the third, but Phoenix was up 86-85 entering the fourth quarter.
Notes
The other six players to score 27,000 points were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Karl Malone, Michael Jordan, Wilt Chamberlain, Moses Malone and Elvin Hayes. ... Friday was the first anniversary of the trade that brought O'Neal to the Suns. ... Nash turns 35 on Saturday. ... Nash needs four assists to pass Lenny Wilkens into 10th on the NBA career assists list. ... The home team has won nine consecutive games in the series. ... The Suns took only four 3-pointers and made two, both by Richardson.
