Nash had 23 points, 13 assists and 7 rebounds, Channing Frye added 19 points and the Suns surged early in the fourth quarter for a 108-99 victoverover the Clippers in Los Angeles on Sunday.
The ghost of the great Hugh Cudlipp might glumly observe that it was his Mirror's drift upmarket to proper news that gave Rupert Murdoch a gap for his first Sun surge 44 years ago.
Although Lopez has been sidelined since March 27 with a bulging disk, he was a big part of the Suns' surge since the All-Star break.
The Suns were surging and the lead was slipping Saturday night when the Los Angeles Lakers turned to Bryant, the N.B.A.'s ultimate closer.
Under seas of American and Italian flags, thousands of marchers surged up a sun drenched, crowd-lined Fifth Avenue yesterday in a decidedly untraditional Columbus Day Parade that combined the patriotic themes of a nation newly at war with the tensions of a city under the threat of terrorism.
Alex Prugh surged ahead when the sun finally came out at the Bob Hope Classic, shooting a seven-under 65 on the tough La Quinta course to take a one-stroke lead over Bubba Watson and Martin Flores.
The sun glistened on the whitecaps and waves surged in slow motion around the rock towers.
Gallagher is betting that Intel's shortcomings will give Sun an opening to surge ahead.
