Stoudemire’s 20-20 vision carries Suns
Amare Stoudemire had 22 points and 20 rebounds, Leandro Barbosa scored 25 points and the Phoenix Suns ended a losing streak at four games with a 106-104 victory over the Utah Jazz on Saturday night.
In a game that was close throughout, the Suns finally took the lead for good, 100-99, on Boris Diaw’s free throw with 1:55 to play. Then Stoudemire -- who had the fourth 20-20 game of his career -- scored on a layup with 41.4 seconds left, and Steve Nash made two free throws with 20.7 seconds left, giving Phoenix a 104-99 lead.
Paul Millsap and C.J. Miles, who made all four of his three-point attempts, topped the Jazz with 20 points each.
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