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Steve Nash did what he usually does -- only better than he's ever done it. With that, the Phoenix Suns have a commanding 3-1 lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in their first-round playoff series. Nash, the two-time NBA MVP from Victoria , had a career-high 23 assists -- one shy of the NBA playoff record -- to go with 17 points, and the Suns raced to a 113-100 victory over the Lakers on Sunday to move within one win of advancing to the second round. Amare Stoudemire had 27 points and a career playoff-high 21 rebounds for the run-and-gun Suns, who vowed to speed things up after a lethargic performance in Game 3. "We just wanted to be in the right spots and just wanted to be a lot more aggressive," Nash said. "I just felt like I was going to be more aggressive, put the onus on myself to make plays." The Suns averaged an NBA-leading 110.2 points during the regular season, scoring at least 100 in all but 14 of their 82 games and less than 90 only twice. After losing Game 3 to the Lakers 95-89, coach Mike D'Antoni and his players knew they had to quicken the pace. Did they ever. Shawn Marion had 22 points and 11 rebounds, super sub Leandro Barbosa scored 16 points and James Jones added 11 for the Suns. "The speed of the game was ours," D'Antoni said. "They surprised us with their intensity in Game 3. Today wasn't a surprise. We have our system, and we ran it pretty good today. We had 34 assists on 41 baskets and that's because of our spacing. That's what we do." D'Antoni said had the Suns shot the ball like they usually do, Nash might have had 30 assists. Teammate Raja Bell went one better. "If we shot the ball well, he could have had 35," Bell said. "We run when he runs. He's the engine that can really rev us up." Magic Johnson and John Stockton share the single-game playoff assist record -- Johnson doing so for the Lakers against Phoenix in 1984, and Stockton accomplishing the feat against the Lakers for Utah four years later. "Probably the two best point guards to play the game," said Nash. "I grew up watching them and in many ways wanted to emulate them." Sign up for last minute specials, merchandise giveaways and more!
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