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PHOENIX - Suns coach Jeff Hornacek wondered if his team would be a little tired after a six-game road trip that ended with a long flight home from Toronto on Monday night. Scott Stevens Jersey .Gerald Green quickly put to rest any concerns about jetlag, scoring 24 points in helping Phoenix race to a 120-112 win over the Denver Nuggets Wednesday night.Eric Bledsoe had 21 points as seven Suns players scored in double figures.Green made 6 of 11 3-pointers, four in the second half when he scored 16 points, and the Suns won for the fifth time in six games. Goran Dragic added 20 points for Phoenix, which ended Denvers five-game winning streak.It was probably a tough game for us coming off of the long road trip, Hornacek said. To fight through that little bit of tiredness ... these guys just kept playing and Im proud of them.Timofey Mozgov had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Nuggets (7- Cool

and Ty Lawson added 17 points and 12 assists.Green carried the Suns (10-6) to a big lead in the third quarter after the score was tied at halftime. He hit three 3-pointers in the third, the first of which gave the Suns an 85-74 lead at the 4:26 mark.Denver came back with an 8-0 run that ended on a soaring dunk by Alonzo Gee, but Green made two more 3s, both from the right baseline, that put Phoenix up 93-86 after three quarters.His reverse jam with 8:57 to play in the game put the Suns up 105-94, and an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Bledsoe gave Phoenix its largest lead of the game, 16 points at 110-94 with 6:46 left.Hes just been a Nugget killer, all last season and this season to this point, Denver coach Brian Shaw said of Green. He just finds an opening, its just like he has a target on us every time we play him.Green had 36 points against Denver in a game last season.Bledsoe finished with 10 assists and three steals despite landing hard on his left hip with 4:37 to play in the third quarter, the result of some contact with the Nuggets Wilson Chandler when going up for a layup.Bledsoe hobbled back to the Suns locker room for treatment, then jogged back out to the bench before the start of the fourth quarter. Hes not expected to miss any time.The Suns were without leading scorer Isaiah Thomas, who was on the bench in street clothes with his 15.5 points per game and bruised right ankle. He was hurt against Toronto on Monday.Both teams shot the ball well with plenty of easy baskets in the first quarter. The Suns led 34-30 at the end of the quarter, with centre Alex Len scoring eight points in three minutes of playing time off the bench.The first half ended tied at 64, with Bledsoe and Aaron Afflalo scoring 14 points each. Afflalo finished with 18 points and Chandler 19 for Denver.___TIP-INSNuggets: G Randy Foye (right quadriceps injury) and C JaVale McGee (left lower leg strain) did not play. F Danilo Gallinari played nine minutes of the first half but missed the second half with a sore left knee.Suns: Five Suns entered Wednesdays game averaging at least 14 points per game. ... Dragic was handed a microphone before the game and wished the crowd a happy Thanksgiving. ... C Miles Plumlee blocked four shots, a season high.UP NEXTNuggets: Host Phoenix on Friday.Suns: At Denver Friday night.ALLEY-OOP ACTIONNuggets F Kenneth Faried didnt have much impact on the game, but he made one highlight-reel play in the first quarter. He soared high above the rim for a rainbow-like lob pass from Chandler and dunked over the Suns Markieff Morris, who was given a technical foul right after the play.SWEET SWATSMorris leaped high to reject a 3-foot layup attempt from Faried with 4:45 left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Plumlee denied Alonzo Gee at the rim on a dunk attempt, to the delight of the home crowd.NOTABLE NUMBERS— The Nuggets shot 13 more free throws then the Suns but made six fewer shots, including five fewer 3-pointers.— Phoenix has won five straight games against Denver. Martin Brodeur Jersey . James Harden wasnt worried and told his coach as much. "He was fired up but I told him: Its OK. Were going to be all right," Harden said. And they were. Houston scored 17 straight points after that timeout, led by 10 from Harden, to take the lead and roll to an easy 129-106 win. Jamie Langenbrunner Jersey .C. -- Authorities say the brother of Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Roddy White has been shot and killed outside a South Carolina nightclub. http://www.devilssale.com/ .Boston beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Tuesday night and celebrated consecutive wins for the first time in more than a month.Brooklyn, NY (SportsNetwork.com) - Mason Plumlee posted 21 points and 12 rebounds for the Brooklyn Nets, who survived a late comeback effort by the Detroit Pistons to hold on for a 110-105 victory at the Barclays Center. Brooklyn had a 15-point fourth-quarter lead cut down to one after Kentavious Caldwell-Pope buried a 3-point shot with 9.8 seconds left, but held off the Pistons over the remainder to halt a three-game losing streak. Plumlee went 9-of-10 from the field and Joe Johnsonn recorded 16 points and seven assists for the Nets. Custom New Jersey Devils Jerseys. Jarrett Jack, starting in place of an injured Deron Williams, contributed 15 points and 10 assists to the win. Caldwell-Pope finished with 20 points and Andre Drummond had 18 along with 20 rebounds -- 13 on the offensive end. However, the Pistons couldnt complete the rally and fell for the 17th time in 19 games. Greg Monroe delivered 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting and pulled down eight boards in the loss. ' ' '