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12-01-2004, 03:29 PM
Cleveland (9-5) at Phoenix (12-2)
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Game Info: 9:00 pm EST Wed Dec 1, 2004
TV: WUAB, FxAZ Add to Calendar
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The Phoenix Suns hope to avenge their most disappointing loss of the season as they host Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Suns are 8-0 since suffering back-to-back losses to the Cavaliers and Sacramento, their only two defeats this season.
Phoenix blew a 19-point fourth quarter lead as James scored 17 of his game-high 38 points in the final period to lead Cleveland to a 114-109 overtime victory over the Suns in their first meeting on Nov. 10 at Gund Arena.
``We let it slip away. That's a game we should have won,'' Phoenix guard Quentin Richardson said.
It marked the Suns first loss of the season.
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``That one hurt,'' Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said afterward. ``We got up 19 and we shut it down.''
The Suns have rebounded to win eight straight and are hoping to extend the winning steak to nine games on Wednesday.
Steve Nash had 20 points and 14 assists to lead Phoenix to a 115-102 over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points, Shawn Marion scored 21 and both pulled down nine rebounds for the Suns, who had all five starters score in double figures.
It was Nash's first game since getting a concussion Friday in a win over New Orleans and he didn't show any effects, leading the highest-scoring team in the league to another victory.
``I kind of had two days off and I didn't feel great yesterday in practice,'' said Nash, who also had three steals.
Cleveland is 9-2 over its last 11 games to move within a game of the Indiana Pacers in the Central Division.
James was held to just two points in the fourth quarter of the Cavs 94-82 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.
The defeat was just the second in 11 games for Cleveland, which was shooting for its first 10-win November since 1977.
James had 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and six steals -- equaling his career high. The 19-year-old James leads the Cavs and ranks third in the NBA with his 26.3 points per game average.
Preview - Box Score - Recap
Game Info: 9:00 pm EST Wed Dec 1, 2004
TV: WUAB, FxAZ Add to Calendar
Buy Tickets
The Phoenix Suns hope to avenge their most disappointing loss of the season as they host Lebron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
The Suns are 8-0 since suffering back-to-back losses to the Cavaliers and Sacramento, their only two defeats this season.
Phoenix blew a 19-point fourth quarter lead as James scored 17 of his game-high 38 points in the final period to lead Cleveland to a 114-109 overtime victory over the Suns in their first meeting on Nov. 10 at Gund Arena.
``We let it slip away. That's a game we should have won,'' Phoenix guard Quentin Richardson said.
It marked the Suns first loss of the season.
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``That one hurt,'' Phoenix coach Mike D'Antoni said afterward. ``We got up 19 and we shut it down.''
The Suns have rebounded to win eight straight and are hoping to extend the winning steak to nine games on Wednesday.
Steve Nash had 20 points and 14 assists to lead Phoenix to a 115-102 over the Utah Jazz on Tuesday.
Amare Stoudemire scored 29 points, Shawn Marion scored 21 and both pulled down nine rebounds for the Suns, who had all five starters score in double figures.
It was Nash's first game since getting a concussion Friday in a win over New Orleans and he didn't show any effects, leading the highest-scoring team in the league to another victory.
``I kind of had two days off and I didn't feel great yesterday in practice,'' said Nash, who also had three steals.
Cleveland is 9-2 over its last 11 games to move within a game of the Indiana Pacers in the Central Division.
James was held to just two points in the fourth quarter of the Cavs 94-82 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday.
The defeat was just the second in 11 games for Cleveland, which was shooting for its first 10-win November since 1977.
James had 22 points, seven rebounds, five assists and six steals -- equaling his career high. The 19-year-old James leads the Cavs and ranks third in the NBA with his 26.3 points per game average.