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Denver, CO (SportsNetwork.com) - Arron Afflalo led seven Denver players in double figures with 22 points in a 122-97 rout of the Phoenix Suns in the back end of a home-and-home set. Ty Lawson contributed 11 points and 10 assists, while J.J. Hickson came off the bench for 10 points and 11 rebounds. Timofey Mozgov had 13 points for the Nuggets, who have won six of their last seven games. It means a lot for the mental toughness of this team, Nuggets forward Danilo Gallinari said. We are very focused. You dont want to lose back-to-back games against the (same) team. Eric Bledsoe posted 16 points for the Suns, who shot only 38.8 percent from the floor and failed to build on a 120-112 home win over the Nuggets on Wednesday. We were soft to rebounds, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. If you can get away with pushing in the back then go ahead. Thats what they were doing and nobody was cracking anybody to get them out of there. Phoenix had beaten the Nuggets five straight times, but on Friday Denver gained the upperhand quickly and led wire-to-wire. Lawsons layup finished a 9-0 run for a 27-15 difference with 1:21 remaining in the first quarter. It was 33-22 after 12 minutes, and the margin reached 20 at 52-32 midway through the second on a pair of Kenneth Faried free throws. Denver led 66-47 at intermission and was in front as many as 31 in the third. The difference didnt dip under 21 in the fourth. Game Notes Isaiah Thomas, who has made 48 consecutive free throws dating back to the Golden State game on Nov. 9, sat out for Phoenix due to a bruised ankle ... Gerald Green had 12 points, while P.J. Tucker, T.J. Warren and Archie Goodwin each scored 11 for Phoenix ... Wilson Chandler, Faried and Gallinari all scored 11 for the Nuggets, who went 32-of-36 at the charity stripe. Cheap Authentic MLB Jerseys . 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Davis and White won the silver medal at the Vancouver Games and are two-time world champions.Michael Atherton expects Nick Compton to be dropped for the forthcoming series with Pakistan after another failure with the bat for the Middlesex right-hander. Compton was nicked out for 1 in Englands first innings and could only muster 19 in Englands second innings, before edging Shaminda Eranga to Dinesh Chandimal behind the stumps.Despite rebuilding his international career during the winter tour to South Africa, Compton has averaged 28.70 in 30 innings for England, while his highest score for Middlesex this season has been just 44. Its a bit of déjà vu in the dismissal, similar to most in the series - pushing forward, a little late, and on the heels of his feet, Atherton told Sky Sports. A dismayed Compton on the Lords balcony He just hasnt got going this season, he hasnt got a fifty in any form of cricket this year. He had his opportunity still, when many judges thought he wouldnt get picked for this series.Hes had three games, but not taken that opportunity, and Im afraid I think that will be it for Nick Compton. Somebody else will be given a go against Pakistan.Its a cruel game at times, but you have to perform, otherwise someone else will come in and perform in place of you. That is the brutal truth of sport.His career average of 28.70, and particularly his average of 12.75, at the age he is, 32, its time for other players like Scott Borthwick, who will be pushing for a place now..ddddddddddddThe series victory in South Africa bought him time, but it only buys you so much time, and at the end of the day you have to perform. Hes had that opportunity, but has just not got going this year.It has also been a frustrating Test match for Hampshire skipper James Vince. James Vince looks back at his broken wickets after being bowled by Nuwan Pradeep The 25-year-old managed just 10 before being clean bowled by Nuwan Pradeep in Englands first innings and was dismissed the same way by the Sri Lankan right-hander in the second innings for a first-ball duck.The jury is out [on Vince] but hell play against Pakistan, Atherton said.What we know happens though is that Compton will go, someone else comes in and then the pressure transfers to someone like James Vince.Hell get his opportunity against Pakistan, but he needs runs and there will be pressure to perform.Watch live coverage of day four of the third Investec Test from 10.30am on Sunday on Sky Sports 2. Before then, catch highlights from day three at 10pm on Sky Sports 2, followed by The Verdict - with Charles Colvile, Bob Willis, Jonathan Trott and Russel Arnold - at 11pm on the same channel. 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