document: Suns 111 , Clippers 98 PHOENIX - Grant Hill scored 19 points , Aaron Brooks and Zabian Dowdell made up the absence of ailing Steve Nash , and the Phoenix Suns ended a four-game losing streak with a 111-98 victory over the Los Angeles Clippers on Friday night . In halting their longest losing streak of the season , the Suns beat the Clippers for the eighth consecutive time at US Airways Center . Los Angeles has not won at Phoenix since March 17 , 2007 . Nash , the Suns ' scoring leader and the league leader in assists , was a late scratch because of flulike symptoms . This was the fifth game he missed this season , but the first time the Suns won without him . Brooks finished with 17 points and six assists . Dowdell , a rookie , had a season-high 14 points and five assists . The Suns had six players in double figures . Hakim Warrick added 17 points and 10 rebounds , Jared Dudley scored 16 , and Marcin Gortat had 10 points and 11 rebounds . Eric Gordon led the Clippers with 21 points , and Blake Griffin had 20 points and 13 rebounds . However , Griffin shot only 6 of 15 from the field . The Suns took command early in the second quarter . With the score tied at 32 , they outscored the Clippers 25-12 through the remainder of the period and assumed a 57-44 halftime lead . Third-string point guard Dowdell , getting extended playing time because of Nash 's absence , sparked the burst with 10 points and three assists . After missing his first two shots badly - they did n't even hit the rim - Dowdell connected on four consecutive attempts , mostly knifing his way through the Clippers ' defense . Meanwhile , the Suns ' usually porous defense did a commendable job on Griffin , the Clippers ' high-scoring rookie . Although Griffin exhilarated the crowd with two of his patented slam dunks , he was only 4 of 10 for 10 points in the first half . Following a mediocre shooting first period , the Suns sizzled in the second quarter , hitting 13 of 21 for 61 percent . Instead of settling for 3-point attempts , which they often do , the Suns were taking the ball to the basket and scored 28 points in the paint . Hill was the game 's high scorer at halftime with 13 points , including 11 in the first quarter , when he was 5 for 6 as Phoenix took a 25-23 lead . With Brooks on the floor in the third quarter , the Suns widened their advantage to 88-70 by the end of the period . Brooks accounted for 10 points and three assists during the period . Notes The Suns open a five-game , eight-day road trip Sunday at San Antonio , followed by Chicago , Minnesota , New Orleans and Dallas before they return home for their final two games of the season . ... The Clippers have six games remaining , all against teams in the playoffs or still in contention - two each against Oklahoma City and Memphis , and one each against Dallas and Houston . ... Before Friday , Nash was the NBA leader in assists with 11.4 per game , his best average since the 2006-07 season . He also led all NBA players with 48 double-digit assists games and led NBA guards with 41 double-doubles . Copyright 2011 by STATS LLC and The Associated Press . Any commercial use or distribution without the express written consent of STATS LLC and The Associated Press is strictly prohibited .
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