SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) -- Shaquille O’Neal tied a season high with 29 points and had 13 rebounds and six assists Friday night to help the short-handed Phoenix Suns beat the Sacramento Kings 97-95 in overtime Friday night.

Amare Stoudemire was the star in overtime for the Suns. He had six points, including the winner, and blocked a shot at the buzzer to preserve the seal it.

With the score tied following a timeout late in overtime, a broken play left Stoudemire with the ball. He took a few dribbles, then hit a 16-foot jumper over Spencer Hawes to give Phoenix a 97-95 with 4.5 seconds left.

John Salmons drove the baseline in the closing seconds, but Stoudemire blocked his shot. Hawes got the rebound, but Stoudemire rejected has second shot, too.

The day certainly began poorly for the Suns, who were informed by the NBA league office that Steve Nash would be serving a one-game suspension and teammate Matt Barnes would miss two games for their part in a fight Wednesday against Houston.

The suspensions compounded the problem for the short-handed Suns, who also played without Leandro Barbosa. One of the best sixth man in the NBA, Barbosa left the team Thursday night after hearing the news of his mother’s death. He flew to his native Brazil and will be gone for an undetermined time.

Stoudemire, who finished with 12 points, was quiet through much of the game and failed to score in the second half. But he opened the overtime with two jumpers to put the Suns on top. With Sacramento down by two points, Hawes took a pass from Brad Miller and tied it at 95 on a short banker with 13.9 seconds left.

Grant Hill had 22 points and had nine rebounds for the Suns, while Raj Bell had 14 points and Boris Diaw added nine.

Beno Udrih had 21 points and Miller had 20 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for the Kings, who fell behind midway through the second quarter and never led again. Salmons scored 21 points and Hawes added 14 points and 10 rebounds.

With O’Neal on the bench following a timeout and the scored tied, Hill missed a jump shot with 5 seconds left in regulation and Miller secured the rebound. Following two timeouts, Quincy Douby missed a jumper with a second left, sending the game to overtime.

Notes

Udrih and Suns rookie point guard Goran Dragic played together previously on Slovenia’s national team. … The combined loss of Nash, Barnes and Barbosa robbed Phoenix of 35 percent of its scoring this season. … The Kings continue to play without leading scorer Kevin Martin and top reserve Francisco Garcia, who are both injured. … Suns coach Terry Porter started his coaching career in Sacramento as an assistant to Rick Adelman in 2002.

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