Reuters - The Phoenix Suns scored 81 second-half
points to stun Denver 132-117 on Monday and end the Nuggets’
five-game winning streak.
Archive for March, 2008
Suns storm back in second half to shock Nuggets (Reuters)
Published March 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AP - Jake Peavy beat his buddy Roy Oswalt with his bat as well as his arm.
AP - Amare Stoudemire scored 41 points and Steve Nash had 36, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 22-point second-quarter deficit to overcome the Denver Nuggets 132-117 Monday night for their 50th victory of the season.
AP - Candice Wiggins checked off the one accomplishment missing in her career at Stanford ? getting the Cardinal back to the Final Four.
AP - C.J. Miles scored a career-high 29 points and the Utah Jazz set a team record with 15 3-pointers in a 129-87 rout of the short-handed Washington Wizards on Monday night.
O’Neal makes NBA return for Pacers in rout of Miami (AFP)
Published March 31st, 2008 in Uncategorized. Closed
AFP - Indiana forward Jermaine O’Neal came off the bench to score nine points Monday in a 105-85 victory over Miami, making a National Basketball Association return after missing 33 games.
AP - Josh Smith had 26 points, eight rebounds and six assists as the Atlanta Hawks built an early lead before and beat the Memphis Grizzlies 116-99 on Monday night.
AP - After Erik Bedard left his Mariners’ debut, the Seattle offense woke up. Adrian Beltre hit a go-ahead groundout in the sixth inning, Jose Lopez had a two-run double in the seventh and the Mariners beat the Texas Rangers 5-2 in Monday’s opener.
AP - Chris Drury scored a power-play goal 1:46 into overtime, giving the New York Rangers a 2-1 victory over Pittsburgh on Monday night that kept the Penguins from clinching their first division title in 10 years.
AP - LSU coach Van Chancellor can thank Sylvia Fowles for his first trip to a Final Four.