"The Suns could build leads, and the Rockets' cavalry could come charging over the hill again and again to answer.

Yet for all the Rockets' bench had done, none of it would be enough until the Rockets found a way to do the one thing they had not all night. They had to stop Steve Nash and the Suns' starters.

With six minutes left, Nash had returned to the floor to give the Suns the lead and presumably to continue a masterful performance. But the Rockets had a last chance to make a defensive stand. And with the game on the line, they tweaked the lineup, changed the defense and stomped the Suns down the stretch, surging to a 96-89 victory Thursday night for their third consecutive win on the road trip."