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Wednesday, Jan. 3 9:00pm ET
Phoenix 90, Los Angeles 85

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PHOENIX (AP) _ Cliff Robinson shot Phoenix into the lead, and Tom Gugliotta had six of his nine rebounds in the final five minutes to help the Suns hold off the Los Angeles Clippers 90-85 Wednesday night.

The Suns won despite getting only 10 points from Tony Delk, who had 53 in an overtime loss at Sacramento the night before.

Jason Kidd and Delk finished off the Clippers with two free throws apiece in the final 14 seconds.

Robinson finished with 21 points, and Kidd had 12 points and 11 assists.

Lamar Odom scored 24 points and Jeff McInnis had 17 for the Clippers.

Robinson nearly was the goat of the game when he stayed in the lane too long and turned the ball over with 28 seconds remaining and the Suns trying to protect an 86-83 lead.

But Eric Piatkowski's fallaway in the lane at the other end bounced to Kidd off the front rim. Sean Rooks fouled Kidd with 14 seconds to go, and he made both free throws.

Delk got the next rebound after a miss by Odom, was fouled and made it 90-83 with 6.7 seconds to go.

The lead changed hands six times after Los Angeles took a 63-62 lead with 1:55 left in the third quarter.

Odom gave the Clippers their last lead with a 3-pointer 3:03 into the third quarter. But Robinson answered with a layup after a pass from Kidd 41 seconds later.

Kidd made it 75-73 with a technical free throw after Keyon Dooling complained too much about a hard foul with 7:15 left in the game. The Clippers tied it at 75 on two free throws by Odom with 7:08 to go, but Robinson's 3-pointer with 5:47 to play gave Phoenix the bulge it needed, 80-76, to hang on.

The Suns led by 16-4 midway through the first quarter, but Los Angeles caught up at 25 after baskets by reserves Corey Maggette and Dooling in the first 1:34 of the second.

Daniel Santiago broke the tie with a three-point play 22 seconds later, and Phoenix maintained a narrow lead from then until late in the third.

Notes: The Clippers have a road record of 3-12, 1-1 in Phoenix. ... The Suns have won 16 of the last 19 meetings. ... Clippers rookie Darius Miles snapped a string of three straight double-doubles when he finished with eight points and 10 rebounds. ... Gugliotta had 10 points in 25 minutes his first game after serving a one-game suspension for fighting Toronto's Corliss Williamson last week.


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Vancouver 99
Charlotte 89

Denver 111
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LA Lakers 82
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