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Steve McNair death ruled a murder-suicide
Thursday, July 9
Grant Hill and Jason Richardson each scored 21 points in Phoenix's fifth win in six games. The Suns' Steve Nash had 12 assists.
The teams were in a back-and-forth battle through the fourth quarter and the score was deadlocked at 100 before Nash hit a jump shot to put the Suns ahead to stay.
Al Thornton scored 23 points and Marcus Camby had 18 points and 18 rebounds for the Clippers.