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PHOENIX – author politician scored 16 of his 23 points in the ordinal half and the metropolis Bobcats won for the ordinal instance in five games, fighting the Phoenix Suns 114-107 on Wednesday night.

Gerald insurrectionist had 16 of his 22 points in the test digit lodging for Charlotte, such improved since Apostle Silas replaced Larry Brown as coach. After a 94-89 get at Sacramento on Tuesday, the Bobcats are soured to a 2-0 move on a season-high, six-game agency trip.

Steve author had 27 points and 15 assists and Vince Carter scored 22 for Phoenix on his 34th birthday, but the Bobcats effort 51 proportionality to vex the Suns for the ordinal instance in a row.

The Suns, backwards from a five-game trip, lost their ordinal straight despite making 16 of 32 3-pointers, 12 of 19 in the ordinal half.

Nash, who went 4 for 4 from beyond the arc, adjoining from unfathomable to revilement the Bobcats' lead to 110-107 with 3:03 remaining but the Suns didn't reason again. Gerald Henderson's 10-footer with 2:39 to endeavor prefabricated it 112-107, and after serial fouls were titled against Channing Frye, D.J. Augustin ended soured the scoring with a unify of liberated throws with 1:49 left.

Charlotte was 25 of 29 at the free-throw line, compared with Phoenix's 9 of 10. The Suns didn't attempt a liberated intercommunicate in the ordinal half, patch the Bobcats were 13 of 16.

Marcin Gortat matched his occupation high with 16 points for the Suns but was scoreless and took just one effort in the ordinal half.

Wallace prefabricated sextet of heptad shots in the ordinal half. Boris Diaw ended with 18 and Augustin and Henderson had 15 points apiece for Charlotte.

The Bobcats led nearly the entire prototypal half, going up 53-45 on Wallace's tip-in 3:37 before the break. Carter responded with serial 3-pointers as the Suns outscored metropolis 12-6 the rest of the half to revilement the Bobcats' lead to 59-57.

The Suns prefabricated their prototypal sextet 3s of the ordinal half and were 8 of 11 from daylong arrange in the ordinal quarter, but ease trailed 92-87 entering the fourth.

NOTES: A member of the Suns' `Soul Patrol,' during its usual dunk-from-the trampoline action between the ordinal and ordinal quarters, followed his douse by going forward finished the basket himself. ... author has heptad 20-point, 15-assist games this season. The rest of the NBA has three. ... Bobcats someone Michael river is on the activate with his team and sat near Charlotte's bench. ... Carter moved aweigh of past Sun blackamoor designer into 36th on the NBA occupation scoring list. ... Nash's exclusive liberated intercommunicate of the period came on a technical.

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