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(SportsNetwork.com) - The Phoenix Suns will try to extend their winning streak to a season high five straight games when they open a four-game road trip Friday against the Sacramento Kings. The Suns are also slated to visit the Los Angeles Lakers, New Orleans Pelicans and Oklahoma City Thunder, and have won three in a row on the road. They are 9-7 as the guest this season. Phoenix pushed its winning streak to four with Tuesdays 124-115 triumph versus the Dallas Mavericks, as Eric Bledsoe recorded his second triple-double of the season with 16 points, 11 assists and 10 rebounds. Goran Dragic tallied 25 points and Gerald Green scored 22 off the bench. I thought we were great, offensively and defensively, Bledsoe said. We cant ask for a better game. The Suns scored 28 points off 20 Dallas turnovers and shot 45.4 percent. They are outscoring opponents 109.5-100.7 during the win streak. Dragic is averaging 19.9 points in his last 11 games for the Suns. Sacramento is back home for two games versus the Suns and New York Knicks, and is coming off Mondays 128-108 loss at Golden State. DeMarcus Cousins scored 22 points, grabbed eight rebounds and handed out six assists, while Darren Collison posted 17 points and Omri Casspi ended with 16 for the Kings. The Warriors shot 53.8 percent from the floor and posted 66 points in the paint. This is a good team on their home floor. They were rested, said Kings interim coach Tyrone Corbin. We didnt come with the energy we need to compete against this type of team on their home floor. The Kings have lost 11 of their last 14 games and are in the midst of playing 12 of 14 games in Californias capital. Cousins is averaging 26.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in three games since missing 10 straight because of viral meningitis. The Kings were 2-8 in his absence. Sacramento defeated Phoenix, 114-112, in double overtime on Nov. 7 and Cousins ended with 25 points and 18 rebounds. 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By late afternoon, he had teammates and fans cheering his debut and went home with the game ball.Thats the kind of season it has been for the Golden State Warriors — everythings working, and everybodys contributing.All 13 players on the active roster scored, and the NBA-leading Warriors matched a franchise record with their 16th consecutive home win, whipping the Denver Nuggets 122-79 on Monday.I told the guys after the game, Im not taking this for granted, Warriors coach Steve Kerr said. This is so unique to have a group pull for each other that exhibits the selflessness where, from one night to the next, somebody isnt going to get a lot of points or a lot of shots. And it doesnt seem to bother them.Which is what made Mondays matinee so special.The Warriors (33-6) dominated Denver in such impressive fashion that everybody got a chance to shine. Klay Thompson (22 points) and Stephen Curry (20 points and eight assists) led the way, as usual, and the reserves never relented in the fourth quarter.That included McAdoo, a call-up from the Warriors D-League affiliate in Santa Cruz, who kept the crowd entertained and energized. He threw down a dunk and received a standing ovation after blocking Randy Foyes floater.It felt amazing, said McAdoo, who finished with 11 points and five rebounds in 13 minutes.The Warriors out did Denver (18-23) in nearly every major category, including shooting percentage (54.3 per cent to 34.5 per cent), rebounds (53 to 39), assists (30 to 17), blocks (six to three) and steals (10 to nine). The victory topped Golden States 126-86 win over Philadelphia on Dec. 30 for the largest margin this season.Denver offered little resistance. Ty Lawson finished with 19 points and six assists, and Jameer Nelson had 14 points and five assists for the Nuggets, who have lost three in a row.We didnt compete. We looked like we wwere scared, said Nuggets coach Brian Shaw.ddddddddddddIm trying to be guarded in what Im saying because I dont want to throw anybody under the bus, but I just dont understand how as a team we cant come out and compete when youre playing the best team in the league.Golden State was playing its fifth game in seven days — or 6 1/2 days, as Kerr called it — including three of the previous four on the road. In a rare early afternoon start on the holiday honouring Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., the Warriors showed no signs of wearing down.The combination of Golden States smothering defence and offensive efficiency with Denvers poor shooting created the perfect conditions for a blowout — one that set all kinds of benchmarks.The Warriors outscored Denver 25-15 in the first quarter, which tied the fewest points the Nuggets had scored in the opening period all season. They began the second quarter on a 22-5 run and carried a 55-28 lead into halftime.It was the fewest points the Nuggets have scored in a first half since March 2004 and matched the fewest points the Warriors have allowed in any half this season. The Warriors went ahead 85-49 late in the third quarter before Kerr sat most of his starters.TIP-INSNuggets: The fewest points Denver had scored previously in a half this season was 32 against Indiana on Dec. 20, when the Nuggets scored a season-low 76 points. ... Forward Danilo Gallinari sat out for the 14th straight game because of a torn meniscus in his right knee. He could return later this week.Warriors: Tied the franchise record last accomplished in 1959 — when the team still played in Philadelphia — for the most consecutive home wins. They are 18-1 at Oracle Arena this season. ... David Lee scored six points. 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