By The Associated Press

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009
Updated: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 10:45 AM CST

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jason Richardson scored 29 points, Steve Nash added 21 points and tied his season-high with 20 assists and the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia 76ers 119-115 on Monday night.

The Suns eclipsed the 100-point barrier for the eighth straight game to open a season, which hadn’t happened since the 1990-91 season.

Jared Dudley contributed 18, Amare Stoudemire added 17, Grant Hill had 11 and Channing Frye 10 for the high-flying Suns, who entered the game averaging a league-high 109.7 points per game.

Phoenix, which hit 15-of-30 3-pointers, has won three straight and finished its five-game road trip at 4-1.

Andre Iguodala scored 24 points, Marreese Speights added 20, Thaddeus Young had 15 and Lou Williams 13 for the Sixers (3-4).

Jazz 95, Knicks 93

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Boozer and Andrei Kirilenko each scored 23 points, and the Jazz won in New York for the first time in more than five years by beating the Knicks.

Mehmet Okur had the go-ahead basket with 1:16 to play and finished with 18 points and 12 rebounds for the Jazz, who opened a difficult four-game road trip by winning at Madison Square Garden for the first time since Feb. 20, 2004.

Deron Williams was limited to five points but had 16 assists. Utah, which earned its first road victory of the season, visits Boston next and wraps up the trip Saturday night at Cleveland.

Rookie Toney Douglas scored a season-high 21 points for the Knicks, who nearly dug their way out of another huge deficit with a big fourth-quarter rally. But he missed just before the buzzer, sending New York (1-7) to its fourth straight loss.

Spurs 131, Raptors 124

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Manu Ginobili scored 36 points without Tim Duncan and Tony Parker in the lineup and the Spurs beat the Raptors.

Ginobili hit four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Spurs somehow shook the rust off their sputtering offense with their two leading scorers sidelined.

Duncan and Parker sat out with ankle injuries and are listed as day-to-day. Richard Jefferson had 24 and George Hill added 22 for San Antonio.

Chris Bosh had 32 points and nine rebounds for Toronto, but his third 30-point game of the season wasn’t enough after another soft defensive game for the Raptors.

Hornets 112, Clippers 84

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chris Paul had 24 points and 10 assists on a sore ankle, Devin Brown scored 25 points and the Hornets bounced right back from a blowout loss with a victory over the Clippers.

David West added 17 points and nine rebounds in just New Orleans’ second win in six games.

One night after the Hornets were routed 104-88 by the Lakers in the same building, they ended the Clippers’ three-game winning streak with a dominant victory, opening a 31-point lead on James Posey’s layup at the third-quarter buzzer.

Chris Kaman had 14 points and six rebounds for the Clippers, who lost their 10th straight to New Orleans, including six in Los Angeles.

Warriors 146, Timberwolves 105

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Kelenna Azubuike scored a season-high 31 points and Anthony Randolph added 23 to help the Warriors beat the struggling Timberwolves.

Stephen Jackson, whose agent publicly criticized Golden State coach Don Nelson a day earlier, had 10 points and a career-high 15 assists while Monte Ellis had 18 points with 10 rebounds to lead the Warriors to their most lopsided win in more than a year.

Jonny Flynn had 20 points, six assists and five rebounds while Al Jefferson added 18 points to lead Minnesota, which lost its seventh straight. The Timberwolves, who haven’t won since beating New Jersey by two points in the season-opener, committed 28 turnovers.