OAKLAND, Calif., Nov. 2 (UPI) -- Penny Hardaway scored 26 points and Stephon Marbury added 24 and 10 assists Thursday night as the Phoenix Suns picked up their first victory of the season with a 107-101 triumph over the Golden State Warriors.
Hardaway scored just one point and missed all six shots in Phoenix's season-opening loss to Denver on Tuesday. But he scored 17 points in the first half as the Suns built a 55-42 halftime lead.
Phoenix took control in the first quarter, when it ripped off 14 straight points for a 30-18 lead with 1:46 left. Hardaway scored six in the spurt and Marbury had a pair of assists.
A basket by Antawn Jamison cut the deficit to 100-94 with just under two minutes left and the Warriors had a chance to get closer. But Chris Mills lost the ball and was whistled for a technical foul, which Shawn Marion converted for a seven-point lead.
Jamison scored 18 points and Mills chipped in 16 for the Warriors, who lost for the 15th straight time dating to last season and have dropped 34 of their last 36 games.
