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PHOENIX -- Raja Bell sank two 3-pointers in the final 2½
minutes of overtime and the Phoenix Suns rallied from 16 points
down without Steve Nash to beat the Indiana Pacers 129-122 on
Wednesday night. Bell scored a season-high 27, including 6-of-11 on 3s. Leandro
Barbosa scored 25 of his 27 points after halftime, 16 in the third
quarter, and the Suns handed the Pacers their seventh consecutive
road loss. Phoenix played the final 22 minutes and 18 seconds without Nash,
who left with the stomach flu. The Suns, down 14 when he left,
already were without Grant Hill, who underwent an appendectomy
earlier in the day and is expected to be out two to three weeks. Amare Stoudemire had 25 points, including a turnaround 10-footer
from the baseline that tied it with 26 seconds left in regulation.
Stoudemire clinched it by making five of six free throws in the
final 1:18 of overtime. Danny Granger and Shawne Williams scored 22 points apiece for
Indiana. Jamaal Tinsley scored 19, but was 8-for-26 shooting,
including 4-for-18 in the fourth quarter and overtime.
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