Indiana Pacers guard Darren Collison, right, defends Phoenix Suns guard Steve Nash in the first half on Sunday afternoon. The Suns would push it to overtime and win the game there. (Tom Strickland/Associated Press)

Channing Frye’s long jumper as the buzzer sounded gave the Phoenix Suns a 110-108 overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.

Grant Hill had 34 points for the Suns, who scored the first seven points of overtime before the Pacers rallied.

Josh McRoberts tied the game at 108-108 on a 3-point play with 23.9 seconds remaining. But the Suns worked the clock to 3.5 seconds, and after a timeout, Frye converted from 23 feet for the victory.

A.J. Price had 11 of his 16 points during the Pacers’ fourth-quarter rally.

Steve Nash had 10 points and 12 assists for the Suns, who tied it 99-99 on a 3-pointer by Hill with 44.4 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to OT.

INDIANAPOLIS – Channing Frye’s long jumper as the buzzer sounded gave the Phoenix Suns a 110-108 overtime victory over the Indiana Pacers on Sunday.

Grant Hill had 34 points for the Suns, who scored the first seven points of overtime before the Pacers rallied.

Josh McRoberts tied the game at 108-108 on a 3-point play with 23.9 seconds remaining. But the Suns worked the clock to 3.5 seconds, and after a timeout, Frye converted from 23 feet for the victory.

A.J. Price had 11 of his 16 points during the Pacers’ fourth-quarter rally.

Steve Nash had 10 points and 12 assists for the Suns, who tied it 99-99 on a 3-pointer by Hill with 44.4 seconds remaining in regulation to send the game to OT.

Danny Granger had 25 points for the Pacers, who trailed by 10 points at the end of the third quarter before rallying to take a 97-96 lead on veteran forward Jeff Foster’s shot in the lane with just over two minutes remaining.

Hill, averaging just under 10 points in his last five games, shot 14 of 26 from the field, and his strong start set the tone in a game the Suns controlled until the fourth quarter.

Jared Dudley added 15 points off the bench for the Suns, who led 60-51 after a strong first half by Hill and pushed the lead to 82-67 late in the third quarter.

Marcin Gortat had 17 points for the Suns, who pulled away quickly from an 18-18 tie midway through the first quarter and led by as many as 10 before the end of the first.

Hill, one of 15 active players with 16,000 career points, has 12 games with 20 or more this season after registering just five in 81 games last season. He has scored in double figures in 35 of the last 46 games.

The Suns have won three straight and four of their last five. The Pacers are 9-5 under interim coach Frank Vogel and lost their second consecutive home game.

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INDIANAPOLIS – The Sunday noon tip time in another time zone could have unsettled a lot of players’ games.

But for a man with more NBA experience than the Indiana Pacers’ starting lineup combined, Suns forward Grant Hill was at his Sunday best.

Hill went five seasons without a 30-point game but recorded his second of the season Sunday with 34 points in regulation but it was Channing Frye’s 22-foot shot at the buzzer that gave the Suns a 110-108 overtime victory at Conseco Fieldhouse.

The Suns (30-27) moved to three games above .500 for the first time this season but not without some familiar fourth-quarter drama. The Suns led by as much as 15 but went seven crunch-time possessions without scoring to wind up down 99-96 with 1:03 to play. That is when Hill set a career high with his fourth 3-pointer to tie the game with 44.4 seconds to go and got on the floor to rebound a Jeff Foster miss and call time out with 27.6 seconds to go.

The game went to overtime after the Suns had a shot clock violation as Jared Dudley was trying a 3-pointer. Left 4.1 seconds, Granger missed a 3-pointer to send the game to overtime.

Hill, who also had nine rebounds and defended Danny Granger, assisted on two of the Suns’ first three scores in overtime that put Phoenix ahead 106-99. The Suns had a repeat of crunch-time in the fourth quarter, going four possessions without scoring with two Steve Nash missed 3-pointers to allow Indiana within one point with 52.6 seconds remaining in overtime.

Dudley dished to Marcin Gortat late in the shot clock for a short jump hook that put the Suns back ahead 108-105 with 31.4 seconds to go. The game was re-tied with 23.9 seconds to go when Josh McRoberts scored inside while being fouled by Frye and made the free throw.

The Suns ran the clock down on the ensuing play and called time out again with 3.5 seconds to go. Nash took the inbound and fired a pass to the wing, where Frye made the game-winner with Rush closing.

Trying to make a charge up the Western Conference standings, the Phoenix Suns have been playing tough defense against teams from the East over the last month. That could be troublesome for the Indiana Pacers, who are looking to bounce back from their worst shooting effort in more than a month.

The Suns go for their third straight win overall and a season-best fourth consecutive road victory Sunday at Conseco Fieldhouse.

In 10th place in the West, Phoenix (29-27) is looking to make a strong push over the final six-plus weeks of the season to earn a second consecutive postseason berth. The Suns, winners of nine of 12, opened a critical six-game trip Friday with a 110-92 victory over Toronto.

With Vince Carter(notes) scoring 11 of his 17 points in the opening quarter, Phoenix ran out to a 35-14 lead.

“We just had to try to take the fight out of them early and often,” Carter said.

Beginning with an 88-71 victory over Boston on Jan. 28 – a game that included two skirmishes as Phoenix allowed its fewest points since 2003 – the Suns have won four straight against East foes while holding those teams to an average of 84.3 points on 40.6 percent shooting.

Overall, Phoenix yields 105.1 points per game on 47.1 percent from the field.

The Suns’ defense was outstanding in a 105-97 home win over Indiana (26-31) on Dec. 3, recording 14 steals and forcing 25 turnovers.

Phoenix will try to deliver that kind of pressure again as the Pacers attempt to shake off Friday’s 95-84 loss to Utah. After averaging 107.3 points and shooting 46.3 percent while winning nine of its first 12 under interim coach Frank Vogel, Indiana posted season lows with two 3-pointers and 10 assists while hitting 34.8 percent from the field.

It was the Pacers’ worst shooting performance since making 32.6 percent in a 99-86 loss to Chicago on Jan. 14.

“We couldn’t make shots,” said Danny Granger(notes), one of the exceptions by hitting 7 of 14 for 17 points. “… We got kicked on the boards (56-46), so our overall rating for the game would be a total F.”

Indiana, one-half game ahead of Charlotte for the eighth and final playoff spot in the East, continues its four-game homestand against a Suns team trying to win four straight on the road for the first time since a six-game run March 3-April 2.

Phoenix was denied a fifth straight victory at Indiana in its last visit, a 122-114 defeat on Jan. 13, 2010. Granger scored a team-high 33 points in that game, helping the Pacers rally from 24 down.

Steve Nash(notes), who scored 20 points with nine assists in that matchup despite being out more than a quarter with a busted lip, leads the Suns with 16.6 points per game, but the two-time MVP’s ability to find teammates – he is second in the league with 11.3 assists per game – could cause even more problems for Indiana.

Nash was 2 of 12 from the field for seven points Friday, but he also finished with 11 assists and seven rebounds.

“You can see how he can have total control over a game without being a scorer,” coach Alvin Gentry said.

Nash had 12 points, 11 assists and five boards in the Dec. 3 victory. Channing Frye(notes) led the Suns with five 3s and 29 points in that contest.

Point guard Aaron Brooks(notes) is expected to make his debut for Phoenix after he was acquired from Houston for Goran Dragic(notes) and a draft pick on Thursday.