document: Suns rout Clippers 111-98 despite missing Steve Nash PHOENIX - No Steve Nash ? No problem for the Phoenix Suns , who routed the Los Angeles Clippers 111-98 despite missing their star point guard . Balanced scoring led to six Suns players in double figures . They were led by the ageless wonder , 38-year-old Grant Hill , who scored 19 points on 6-of-9 from the field . Hakim Warrick had 19 , Jared Dudley had 16 , Zabian Dowdell scored 14 , Aaron Brooks put up 12 and Marcin Gortat had 10 points to go with his 11 rebounds . Both teams were hampered by ills - the Suns ' Nash and Gortat were both battling the flu , leaving Nash out of the lineup while Gortat stayed in as he toughed through his sickness . The Clippers were minus center Chris Kaman , who was also dealing with a viral illness . Unfortunately , the Clippers ' ills extended to the basketball court . They broke out with a rash of turnovers , 21 for the night . '' `` A lot of mistakes , '' '' said Clippers coach Vinny Del Negro . '' `` Just a lot of mistakes and we 're always playing catch-up all the time and it makes it tough . '' '' The Suns shot the ball with pinpoint precision , hitting 52 percent from the field . A 32-21 second quarter put the Suns up by 13 at halftime , which mirrored the point total for Hill in the first half . Things went from bad to worse as the Suns ' lead ballooned to 22 in the third quarter and then 25 in the fourth . Anything the Clippers did from then on would be too little too late . Advertisement Blake Griffin had 20 points and 13 rebounds while Eric Gordon contributed 21 points , including 4-of-9 from three-point range . Randy Foye tallied 10 points off the bench . '' `` We got a few guys that are giving a real sound effort overall I think and some guys that are trying , '' '' said Del Negro . '' `` We 're not converting when we need to . And we 're making the game a lot harder than we need to and that 's just because we 're young and inexperienced . '' '' Other than Gordon and Griffin , the Clippers ' overall energy was largely nonexistent . '' `` We were out of sync , '' '' said Del Negro . '' `` I did n't think we had great energy tonight . We let Phoenix run where they wanted to , when they wanted to . The Suns ' bench outpointed the Clippers ' bench 45-32 . Rather than penetrate to the basket , the Clippers were at ease with relying on jump shots - 27 three-point attempts against 11 makes . '' `` We just were n't physical enough , '' '' Del Negro added . '' `` We made four free throws at the half , we were n't attacking the basket , settling for jumpers . Lack of leadership , lack of focus , lack of executing the plan . '' `` But you know , we got ta grind it out . Got ta get our energy back for tomorrow night and find a way tomorrow night against a really tough team -LRB- Oklahoma City Thunder -RRB- to play much better . '' ''
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