Suns extend winning streak to 13

(AP)
Updated: 2007-01-22 11:42

PHOENIX - Shawn Marion had 17 points and 20 rebounds, then sat out the fourth quarter as the Phoenix Suns won their 13th in a row with a 131-102 rout of the depleted Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night.

The Suns became the eighth team in NBA history to have two winning streaks of at least 13 games in a season. Phoenix won a franchise-record 15 straight from Nov. 20 to Dec. 19.

The Timberwolves were without their top two scorers, Kevin Garnett and Ricky Davis, both on one-game suspensions. Randy Foye led Minnesota with 25 points, including 5-for-6 on 3-pointers. Troy Hudson added 22 points and Trenton Hassell 20.

It was Marion's second career 20-rebound game. He had 24 at home against Charlotte on Feb. 25, 2006.

Amare Stoudemire scored 25 points on 11-for-14 shooting as the Suns improved to 31-3 since starting the season 1-5. Steve Nash had 16 points and 11 assists. Stoudemire and Nash also didn't play in the fourth quarter. Leandro Barbosa added 20 points for the Suns.

Phoenix turned the game into a blowout with a 31-2 blitz late in the third quarter, taking a 102-71 lead on Barbosa's 3-pointer with a minute left in the period.

Marion tied a U.S. Airways Center record for rebounds in a quarter with 11 in the second. The mark was set by Charles Barkley on Nov. 2, 1996, in his first game back in Phoenix following his trade from the Suns to Houston.



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