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Friday, Apr. 13 10:00pm ET
Kidd posts 30 points, 17 rebounds in win

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PHOENIX (AP) – There is no rest for Jason Kidd in the final week of the season.

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Jason Kidd sheds Patrick Ewing in the third quarter Friday.
Kidd sat out only the last 39 seconds of the Suns' 109-100 victory over the Seattle SuperSonics on Friday night. Before leaving the game, Kidd was everywhere on the court, finishing with 30 points, 17 assists and nine rebounds.

In the Suns' previous game against Dallas, Kidd played all but eight seconds. That's 47 seconds of rest in two games.

"I do look for opportunities to rest him," coach Scott Skiles said. "But this time of year, all the top players are playing big minutes. He knows he can rest in the summer."

Kidd said he doesn't mind the all the minutes.

"I feel fine," he said.

Shawn Marion added 20 points and 13 rebounds, and Cliff Robinson also scored 20 for Phoenix, which ran its home winning streak to seven games.

Patrick Ewing scored a season-high 21 for the battered Sonics, who had three players -- Vin Baker, Ruben Patterson and Jelani McCoy -- leave the game with injuries.

Rashard Lewis scored 27 to lead Seattle. Gary Payton added 21.

Tony Delk added 16 points and Rodney Rogers 12 for the Suns. Kidd was 4-for-8 from 3-point range and had four steals.

"Jason's playing good ball. Everybody's playing good ball," Marion said. "We've jelled out there. We had everything going our way. Everybody was hitting the open man. Everybody was knocking down their shots."

Payton shrugged off Kidd's performance.

"He's just playing basketball," Payton said. "That's nothing that I haven't seen before."

With Portland's home loss to Houston, Phoenix pulled within a half-game of the Trail Blazers for the No. 6 spot and within a game of Dallas for the No. 5 playoff position in the Western Conference.

"Two through seven, everything's still up for grabs," Skiles said.

Seattle coach Nate McMillan said injuries happen when teams don't play hard.

"I don't think we came out wanting to win the game," McMillan said.

Payton said the Sonics need to take a close look at their roster in the off-season.

"We've got to match up with the big dogs now," Payton said. "A lot of these teams above us have got players. We've got to think about should we do something. Is this team good enough to beat these other squads?"

Phoenix took the lead for good late in the first quarter but never led by more than 12.

Seattle cut its deficit to one point in the third and two in the fourth.

Brent Barry's 20-footer capped an 11-3 run by the Sonics that sliced the lead to 85-83 with 6:57 to go. Robinson and Kidd each sank 3-pointers and Rogers scored four in an 11-3 surge that boosted it to 96-85 with 4 1/2 minutes remaining. Seattle never got closer than six after that.

Robinson's 3-pointer put Phoenix up 37-25 with 10:27 to play in the first half. But the Sonics stayed close.

Delk's 3-pointer 41 seconds before halftime gave the Suns a 55-48 lead. Desmond Mason's layup cut the lead to 55-50, then Kidd mistakenly threw the ball to Payton, his teammate on the U.S. Olympic team.

Payton's uncontested layup at the halftime buzzer made it 55-52.

"I told him I hoped I got an assist on that," Kidd said. "I hope people realize we did play together the last two summers. He was open."

Kidd had 13 points, nine assists and seven rebounds in the first half.

Seattle cut it to 65-64 on two free throws by Shammond Williams with 6:54 remaining.

Kidd's two free throws capped a 7-0 spurt that gave the Suns an 80-70 lead with 1:31 left in the third quarter.

Game notes
Patterson sprained his left ankle with 2:28 left in the second quarter, Baker played only five minutes because of a sprained left knee, and McCoy left with an injured left ankle when Ewing fell on him with 4:51 left in the third quarter. ... Phoenix center Jake Tsakalidis did not play because of a sore left foot. ... The Suns won the season series with Seattle 3-1. ... Kidd came within one point of a triple-double in the Suns' previous game against Dallas. ... The game was Phoenix's eighth sellout of the season.

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