Charles Barkley and Wesley Person scored 26 a-piece, beat Celtics 115-99Kevin Johnson drives and made a one-hand dunk against Celtics defense Youtube link if you cannot view it.
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Phoenix Suns stops their 2-game skid on the road and beat Celtics 115-99. Celtics showed in the 1st quarter that it's about to dominate the Suns as they build an early 11-point lead 24-13 led by Sherman Douglas. Wesley Person and Kevin Johnson came thru the rescue to tie it 30-30 end of 1st. Suns opened the 2nd with a 9-0 run and never look back and have a 27-point lead 104-77 with 10:25 remaining in the 4th. "We're just pushing the pace, we've been struggling over the past couple of games," said Kevin Johnson, KJ finished with 21 points and 6 assists. Rick Fox led the Celtics with 17 points and showed his versatility in the SF position with 9 assists. "We've got to do a better job of not putting ourselves in a hole at the start of a quarter, we failed to recover. We give a team like that opportunities, they're going to take them" Fox said.
Celtics misses the services of Pervis Ellison due to chronic sore knee and will host Orlando Magic who is still without star center Shaquille O'neal due to toe injury.