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Steve Nash and the Phoenix Suns let the Washington Wizards hang around for a half. Then the Suns’ "awesome” offense got in gear.

Brandon Roy had 25 points, Travis Outlaw had 20 and the Portland Trail Blazers beat Miami 112-106 Thursday night, sending the Heat to their fourth straight loss.

Joe Johnson wasn’t exactly pleased with having to bail out the Atlanta Hawks.

Allen Iverson scored 35 points a night after putting up 51, and this time it was enough to lead the Denver Nuggets to victory, sending them past the Dallas Mavericks 122-109 Thursday night.

They Anaheim Ducks are starting to play like defending Stanley Cup champions. Ryan Getzlaf had a goal and two assists, and Jean-Sebastien Giguere made 39 saves in Anaheim’s 5-3 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday night. Chris Kunitz added two goals — including an empty-netter — and Corey Perry and Mathieu Schneider also scored…

The Phoenix Coyotes can’t even score against the San Jose Sharks, let alone beat them. Goalie Evgeni Nabokov shut out Phoenix for the third straight time as the Sharks beat the Coyotes 1-0 Friday night for their fourth victory in a row. “Incredible goaltending from the first game of the season right up to game…

Brad Boyes scored two goals and the St. Louis Blues kept up their strong play with a 4-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Friday night. Doug Weight and Paul Kariya also scored for the Blues, who improved to 9-2-1 in their last 12 games. Shawn Horcoff, Robert Nilsson and Marty Reasoner had the goals…

Stephen Weiss can’t seem to beat Rick DiPietro on penalty shots. However, a hard wrist shot from the slot did the trick Friday night. Weiss broke a scoreless tie in the second period less than 2 minutes after being stopped on a penalty shot to help the Florida Panthers snap a three-game losing streak with…

Henrik Zetterberg kept up his strong play, and Dominik Hasek got back on track. Zetterberg had his second career hat trick and Hasek stopped 19 shots for his 77th shutout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-0 win over the Minnesota Wild on Friday night. Johan Franzen also had a goal and an…

The Atlanta Thrashers haven’t yet made up for last season’s playoff flop, but at least they’ve made up for a miserable start to this season. Slava Kozlov’s slap shot from beyond the left circle with about 5 minutes left in the game lifted the Thrashers to a 4-2 win over New York on Friday night,…

Four straight wins on the road, then five in a row at home. The New Jersey Devils are winning wherever they go, and suddenly Newark is every bit of a home-ice advantage as the Meadowlands was all those years. Vitaly Vishnevski and Dainius Zubrus scored 4:15 apart in the first period, and the Devils won…

Predators Holdings LLC announced Friday that it has completed its $193 million purchase of the Nashville Predators from Craig Leipold, ending months of uncertainty over the team’s future. The new owners immediately took over operation of the team and management of the team’s arena, the Sommet Center.