Basketball: Phoenix 121 Charlotte 104

Shannon Brown poured in five of the 17 Phoenix 3-pointers Wednesday and scored 26 points in the Suns' 121-104 victory over Charlotte. Phoenix won its season-best fourth straight game while handing the Bobcats their 13th consecutive loss. The Suns went 17-of-28 from beyond the arc. Goran Dragic had 21 points and 11 assists for Phoenix and Jared Dudley added 20. Both Dragic and Dudley had four 3-pointers. Phoenix broke things open with a 13-2 run to open the second quarter and Charlotte could never recover. Kemba Walker scored 27 points for Charlotte and Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 25. Charlotte's last win was a 108-106 victory in double overtime over Washington on Nov. 24.