The Suns, who have won three of five games on their seven-game road trip, had seven players in double figures in Thursday night's game.
Phoenix led 73-62 midway through the third quarter and broke the game open with an 11-2 run that gave the Suns an 84-64 advantage.
The Nets, led by Derrick Coleman's 27 points and 10 rebounds, were never able to get closer than 14 points the rest of the way as they dropped their fourth in a row at home and their sixth overall in the last seven.
Rockets 101, Hornets 95. In Houston, Kenny Smith broke out of a shooting slump with seven three-pointers and scored the go-ahead basket with 2:07 remaining, for a season-high 25 points, rallying the Houston Rockets over the Charlotte Hornets.
Smith, averaging 8.1 points per game, hit his first five 3-pointers in a row and made a career-high 7 of 10 from long range. Hakeem Olajuwon, who missed the last game with a wrist injury, scored 21 points and got seven rebounds and eight assists.
The Hornets -- winless in eight Summit appearances -- took an 81-75 lead early in the fourth quarter on consecutive 3-point baskets by Dell Curry, who finished with 21 points.
Bullets 124, Mavericks 121, OT. In Dallas, Rex Chapman's 18-footer with 29.3 seconds remaining in overtime broke a tie and Scott Skiles added two free throws with 11.4 seconds left to give the Washington Bullets a victory over the Dallas Mavericks.
Chris Webber had 23 points and 14 rebounds for Washington, which had lost four of five games. Chapman and Kevin Duckworth added 20 points each for the Bullets.
Jamal Mashburn scored 45 points and Jim Jackson added 26 for the Mavericks, who had won four of their previous six games.
Mashburn's jumper with 22.8 seconds remaining in regulation gave the Mavericks a 113-111 advantage. But Skiles hit a running 10-footer with 3.1 seconds left to send the game into overtime.
Utah 117, San Antonio 114, 2 OT. In San Antonio, Karl Malone scored 28 points and Jeff Hornacek hit crucial double-overtime free throws as the Utah Jazz beat the San Antonio Spurs.
Trailing 114-112 in the second overtime, Utah moved to 114-113 with 55 seconds left on Hornacek's free throw following a foul by Avery Johnson. Hornacek then made two free throws with 28 seconds remaining.
Vinny Del Negro and Sean Elliott led the Spurs, who continued to play without suspended forward Dennis Rodman, with 25 and 24 points respectively.
Kings 103, Sonics 91. In Sacramento, California, Mitch Richmond scored 26 points and the Sacramento Kings capitalized on a Seattle SuperSonics' cold spell, rallying for their third straight win.
Walt Williams contributed 23 points for the Kings, who trailed by as many as 17 points in the third quarter before outscoring the Sonics 30-1 during a 12:18 span.
Sacramento' Vincent Askew finished with a team-high 17 points, and Shawn Kemp produced 16 points and a game-high 19 rebounds for the SuperSonics, who had six-game wining streak snapped.
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