Amare Stoudemire scored 26 of his 30 points in Phoenix’s big second half, and the Suns beat the Knicks 112–107 last night for their second 15-game winning streak of the season.

Barely a month after establishing the longest winning streak in franchise history, the Suns equaled it by turning things around after a sluggish first half in the second night of a back-to-back.

Steve Nash finished with 21 points and 14 assists as the Suns scored 63 points in the second half after an un-Sunslike 49 in the first two periods. Shawn Marion added 18 points, Leandro Barbosa had 15, and Stoudemire grabbed 11 rebounds.

Phoenix became the first team to have two separate 15-game winning streaks in the same season since the Los Angeles Lakers had streaks of 19 and 16 in a row during the 1999-00 season. The Suns will go for a franchise-record 16th straight win Friday night at Milwaukee in the third game of a fivegame trip.

Jamal Crawford scored 29 points, 23 in the fourth quarter in an attempt to keep New York close. Eddy Curry added 25 points for the Knicks, but only four in the final 33-plus minutes. He also left with an injury in the final quarter of New York’s second straight loss.