Rockets shoot past Suns 90-85 for 4th win

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Rockets shoot past Suns 90-85 for 4th win

Steve Francis had 26 points and Yao Ming had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to their fourth consecutive victory over the Phoenix Suns 90-85 Friday night.

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Steve Francis had 26 points and Yao Ming had 21 points and 14 rebounds to lead the Houston Rockets to their fourth consecutive victory over the Phoenix Suns 90-85 Friday night.

Yao missed two free throws with 43 seconds left, but then hit two with 30 seconds to play. Francis added two foul shots with 22 seconds remaining and two more with 10 seconds left to clinch it.

The Rockets are in first place in the Midwest Division, the first time they've been there after five or more games since Dec. 21, 1997.

Stephon Marbury led the Suns with 33 points, 22 in the first half. Amare Stoudamire had 18 points and a season-high five blocks.

Joe Johnson's 3-pointer gave the Suns a 65-64 lead after three quarters. Bostjan Nachbar had five quick points to lift the Rockets into a 69-69 tie, and a 6-0 run gave Houston a lead it would not relinquish.

Marbury scored nine of the Suns' first 11 points of the second quarter as Phoenix took a 32-31 lead. Behind eight points from Stoudamire the rest of the quarter, Phoenix led by as many as eight.

A 10-2 run by Houston made it a one-point game, 54-53 with 5:01 to play in the period, and the Rockets took their first lead of the second half, 62-60, on a three-point play by Yao that completed a 7-0 run with 1:11 to play in the third.

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