Nash hurts ankle, Hill ejected in Suns' win over Kings
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Associated Press
PHOENIX -- Channing Frye scored 29 points, Amare Stoudemire had 26, and the fast-moving Phoenix Suns overcame the losses of Steve Nash and Grant Hill to beat the Sacramento Kings 143-127 on Tuesday night in their final home preseason game.


Nash left in the second half with an injured right ankle and Hill was ejected after getting two technical fouls for arguing with the officials.

The Suns, who broke open the game with a 42-point third quarter, hit a remarkable 51 of 56 free throws in the foul-plagued game. Thirty-six personals were called against the Kings, and starters Kevin Martin and Jason Thompson fouled out

Frye, the Suns' new starting center following the trade of Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland, scored 16 points in the third, including making all three 3-point attempts. Stoudemire had 12 points in the period when the Suns went from a one-point halftime deficit to a 109-94 lead. Stoudemire finished 17 of 21 from the free-throw line.

Goran Dragic, who filled in for Nash, added 21 points for the Suns, while Leandro Barbosa had 16, and Hill and Nash 13 each.

Omri Casspi led Sacramento with 22 points, Tyreke Evans had 21, Martin 20, Thompson 15 and Spencer Hawes and Sean May 14 each.

With the regular season still about a week away, both teams already looked in midseason form in the fast-paced first half. The shooting was on target, the passing crisp and both coaches played the game like it was the regular season.

Casspi, trying to become the first Israeli player to make an NBA roster, launched a desperation 34-foot bank shot just before the halftime buzzer, his third 3-pointer of the second quarter, giving the Kings a 68-67 lead.

Evans, the fourth overall pick in the June draft who had scored in double figures in each of the Kings' first four games, topped Sacramento with 15 points at the half. May, who had not scored more than four points in the earlier exhibitions, had 10 points.

He looked pretty good in the highlights as well, almost pre-injury of his rookie season

Frye / Lee / Gallo / Harrington / Chandler / Nate / Duhon / Douglas


Wouda Couda Shouda !!!

when he scores 29 against the pistons ill be impressed. dragic had 21 for god's sake.

But at least we had Zach Randolph for a while

Dude I was the Tyreke Evans or bust guy

^^Nalod the voice of reason

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by TMS:

so we're lamenting the fact that we let Channing Frye go, but some of you are ready to give up on Jordan Hill before he plays a single NBA game... gotta love the way logic works on this forum

Yeah, Im willing to give Hill a chance and all that but I want to see Jordan come out the gate and blaze up the league like Channing did the first half of his rookie year. Channing can play, its the auxiliary stuff thats obviously the issue. Hill hasnt shown us none of that. But I'm rooting for him, I guess.

Let's take it easy. Channing could shoot J's. He didn't do a whole lot else.

Posted by jimimou:

channing was, and always be, a soft snickerdoodle.

Too bad we didn't trade him for KG when we had the chance.
Oh, right I forgot, KG was over the hill, and Frye was on the verge of All-star-dom.
LMFAO. I'll never forget that ****.

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by Panos:

Posted by sebstar:

Posted by TMS:

so we're lamenting the fact that we let Channing Frye go, but some of you are ready to give up on Jordan Hill before he plays a single NBA game... gotta love the way logic works on this forum

Yeah, Im willing to give Hill a chance and all that but I want to see Jordan come out the gate and blaze up the league like Channing did the first half of his rookie year. Channing can play, its the auxiliary stuff thats obviously the issue. Hill hasnt shown us none of that. But I'm rooting for him, I guess.

Let's take it easy. Channing could shoot J's. He didn't do a whole lot else.

He was hitting a whole lot of them things, 'cause he was averaging over 20 the first few months of his career.

Its like Jim said tho, he's just soft. He didnt have that second gear once the league put him on notice and PF's started looking for him.

exactly. couldn't bound. could body up. Maybe he's better now. But I didn't like his motor.

He was always a better center than power forward. If he gained some weight and got over his hesitancy, I could see him averaging 15 pts and 7 rbs per game, which is not bad at all for a center (other than the rebounding). He is not going to be making any allstar teams anytime soon, but I hope he pulls his career together and becomes a solid starter.

[Edited by - thegame on 21-10-2009 17:51]