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Bobcats cut down Suns to extend home streak

THE Charlotte Bobcats used a crushing first half to claim their seventh consecutive home win with a 125-99 rout of the Phoenix Suns on Saturday.

Charlotte's Stephen Jackson scored 29 points to top the 10,000-point mark while Phoenix's Amare Stoudemire also reached the plateau after putting up 19 points.

Powered by a 43-point first quarter that began with a 12-0 run to open the game, the Bobcats sprinted to a 74-47 halftime advantage and evened their record at 19-19 with their 16th home win in 20 games. They are just 3-15 on the road.

"We've had good games before, good halves before, but offensively that was as good a half as we've had than I can remember," Charlotte coach Larry Brown told reporters.

Elsewhere in the National Basketball Association, it was: Thunder 98, Heat 80; Cavaliers 102, Clippers 101; Hornets 101, Pacers 96; Grizzlies 92, Spurs 86; Jazz 112, Bucks 95; Wizards 93, Kings 86; and Pistons 94, Knicks 90.

In Charlotte, North Carolina, Gerald Wallace scored 24 of his 29 points in the first half to help Charlotte earn its fourth consecutive win and also hauled down 13 rebounds.

"These are just small steps," Brown said of the team's recent improvement.

"We dug ourselves such a hole earlier in the season and we have to continue to try to get better.

"We've improved and we don't have a key part of our team (injured center Tyson Chandler) playing."

The win was a milestone for the six-year-old franchise. Never before has it been at .500 this late in the season.

"I wouldn't be surprised if they make the playoffs and I wouldn't be surprised if they make it tough on somebody - very tough," Phoenix Suns coach Alvin Gentry said.

The road loss was the 10th in 11 games for Phoenix.

"We were never in the game," Gentry said. "They scored at will and basically just did everything they wanted to do."





 

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