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LOS ANGELES, Calif. - When the Phoenix Suns deploy their three playmaking guards simultaneously, even Kobe Bryant gets a bit overwhelmed.Theyve got one on the left, one on the right and one in the middle, Bryant said. You cant cover them all.With Goran Dragic, Eric Bledsoe and Isaiah Thomas on the floor together in the final minutes, the Suns had more than enough options to keep their winning streak rolling.Dragic scored 24 points, Bledsoe had 20 of his 22 after halftime, and Phoenix beat the Los Angeles Lakers 116-107 on Sunday night for its sixth consecutive victory.Thomas added 15 points for the balanced Suns, who weathered an impressive Los Angeles surge in the final minutes of their seventh win in eight meetings with the Lakers, who lost their third straight despite Bryants return.Phoenixs 13-point lead dwindled to one, but the Suns finished on a 10-2 run.Everybody makes runs in the NBA, Bledsoe said. We just kept our composure, hit some shots and made our free throws.The Suns lost six straight before their winning streak, but coach Jeff Hornaceks rotation has been working particularly well.We just had to push the pace and keep up on Kobe, said Markieff Morris, who had 12 points and seven rebounds. We can score with anybody in this league, but we win when we play some defence.Bryant had 10 points, eight rebounds and seven assists in 32 minutes during his first game back from a three-game absence to rest his aching 36-year-old body.My legs felt a lot better, said Bryant, whose 10 shots were less than half his season average. Just working myself back into form, but I felt fine.Nick Young hit four 3-pointers and scored 21 points while taking up Kobes scoring slack again for the Lakers. Jeremy Lin added 19 points.Phoenix used its fast-break offence to grab control with a 14-3 run early in the third quarter, and then increased its lead to 13 early in the fourth. Young led a rally that included back-to-back 3s by Wesley Johnson to keep it close, and Youngs free throws made it 106-105 with two minutes to play.But P.J. Tucker made a gritty driving layup and Morris banked in a long hook shot on consecutive possessions, and the Lakers couldnt respond.We couldnt get a stop, and when we got a stop, they got an offensive rebound, Lakers coach Byron Scott said. I think thats the most disheartening thing. We were right there again. Played hard, but the last couple of minutes is where we seem to lose it.TIP-INSSuns: Phoenix is on its first five-game road winning streak since February 2011. ... Thomas had a lengthy halftime conversation with boxing king Floyd Mayweather Jr. at centre court. Mayweather is a regular at Lakers and Clippers games. ... The Suns also beat the Lakers at Staples Center on Nov. 4.Lakers: Los Angeles went 12 for 20 on 3-pointers. ... Before the game, Los Angeles claimed centre Tarik Black off waivers from Houston and waived injured guard Xavier Henry. Black is expected to be in town Monday for a physical. ... Youngs girlfriend, rapper Iggy Azalea, was shown on the Staples Center scoreboard chair-dancing to her own No. 1 hit song, Fancy, during a timeout in the second half.ROUGH ROADThe Lakers remained winless since their surprising victory over Golden State last Tuesday. Los Angeles played four games in the past six days with roughly 4,400 miles of travel in between, and it has a one-game road trip to Denver to cap off 2014.A MINUTE DIFFERENCEBryants 32 minutes were four fewer than his team-leading average, and Scott hopes to keep him at that limit in most games. Well just be smart about it, just keep the minutes down, Bryant said. Three or four (fewer) minutes makes a big difference, especially the type of minutes that I play. 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Stepanek gave the Czech Republic its second straight Davis Cup title Sunday, sweeping past Dusan Lajovic in straight sets in the fifth and decisive match to secure a 3-2 win over Serbia in the final.(SportsNetwork.com) - The Houston Rockets will try to become the NBAs first 4-0 team Monday night when they visit the Wells Fargo Center to take on the Philadelphia 76ers. The Rockets have enjoyed an easy schedule thus far in the 2014-15 campaign with road wins over the Los Angeles Lakers and Utah Jazz, then a home victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday. Those three teams own a combined 3-7 record. The Sixers are winless early in the season, and they can become the Eastern Conferences first 0-4 squad. The Lakers own that ugly record out west. Against the Celtics, Houston built a 14-4 cushion in the first quarter and never looked back. They posted a wire-to-wire, 104-90 victory. All three of Houstons wins this season have seen the team go over the 100- point plateau. The Rockets rank seventh in the league in scoring and their plus-43 scoring margin over opponents is the highest through the first three games in franchise history since the 1993-94 team was a plus-45. That squad, led by Hakeem Olajuwon, won the NBA title that season. James Harden filled the stat sheet with 26 points, eight rebounds, six assists and four steals versus the Cs. Terrence Jones posted 25 points and 10 rebounds for the Rockets and Dwight Howard finished with 14. I like the spirit of the team. Theyre willing to work and if youre willing to work, youre going to get better, Rockets head coach Kevin McHale said.dddddddddddd Point guard Patrick Beverley is questionable with a strained left hamstring. He missed the win over the Celtics. The Sixers fell to 0-3 thanks to a 114-96 setback in their home opener Saturday against the Miami Heat. Its the first 0-3 start for the team since 2010-11. Tony Wroten had 21 points and 10 assists for the Sixers to lead the way. Brandon Davies netted a career-high 18 points and Hollis Thompson added 10 in the setback. The Sixers shot an admirable 52.2 percent, but went ice cold in the fourth quarter. Philadelphia was limited to 4-of-15 shooting from the field and 0- for-5 from beyond the arc over the final 12 minutes. That performance came one night after failing to score a single point over the final 8:21 in a loss to the Milwaukee Bucks. We were good for three periods, said Sixers coach Brett Brown. We didnt roll over. Ive seen fantastic signs in our first three games. The NBA, players are so good. Its unforgiving. Mondays game will be the second of a four-game homestand which will see Orlando and Chicago come to the City of Brotherly Love. These two teams split two meetings last season, but Houston has lost three straight in Philadelphia. Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale Jerseys Wholesale NFL Jerseys Jerseys From China Wholesale NFL Jerseys Cheap NFL Jerseys Cheap Jerseys ' ' '


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