NBA: Phoenix 117, Detroit 91

PHOENIX, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Amare Stoudemire had 21 points Sunday to lead six players in double figures for the Phoenix Suns in a 117-91 win over Detroit.

Phoenix increased a 29-26 first-quarter lead to 58-42 at the half, and held a double-digit lead the entire second half.

The biggest Phoenix lead was 106-78 on Jason Richardson's dunk with 5:16 left in the fourth period.

Steve Nash had 20 points and nine assists, Richardson scored 17 and Goran Dragic had 13 with six rebounds and four assists for Phoenix. Channing Frye scored 10 points with seven rebounds, Leandro Barbosa scored 10 with three rebounds and three assists, while Stoudemire added five rebounds for the Suns, who have won 11 of 14.

Charlie Villanueva and DaJuan Summers led Detroit with 13 points apiece. Will Bynum scored 11 with four rebounds and four assists, while Ben Gordon added 10 points and four assists for the Pistons, who have lost five in a row.