NEW ORLEANS -- Gerald Green scored 21 points, and the Phoenix Suns won their third straight game, 94-88 over New Orleans on Wednesday night. Goran Dragic had 20 points and nine assists for the Suns, who are clinging to the final playoff spot in the Western Conference. Eric Bledsoe added 16 points and P.J. Tucker 15 for the Suns, who handed the Pelicans their sixth straight loss. Rookie centre Jeff Withey had a career-high 17 points for the Pelicans, who were without Anthony Davis because of the All-Star forwards sore back. Anthony Morrow and Darius Miller each scored 14 for New Orleans, which turned a 10-point fourth-quarter deficit into a brief three-point lead before consecutive jumpers by Bledsoe and Markieff Morris with less than two minutes remaining gave Phoenix the lead for good. The game was close for most of the third quarter and New Orleans led 55-54 after Witheys three-point play on a layup as he was fouled. But Bledsoes pull-up jumper, driving layup and 3-pointer helped fuel a 13-2 run that put the Suns up 67-57. Greens second 3 of the game gave Phoenix a 71-64 lead to end the third quarter, and Greens third 3 made it 74-64 early in the fourth. The Pelicans put together a 10-0 run midway through the fourth quarter to surge into the lead. Morrow capped the spurt with a transition 3 and a technical free throw after Green argued with officials over a foul call. New Orleans still led by a basket and was looking for more in transition when Beldsoe hustled back on defence, sneaking in from behind to intercept Austin Rivers cross-court pass. Beldsoe then turned and dribbled back across halfcourt before lobbing a long pass to Dragic for a short baseline jumper that tied it at 87 with 2:38 to go. New Orleans had one more brief lead on Tyreke Evans free throw before the Suns surged in front for good. Phoenix scored the first eight points of the game and took its first double-digit lead in the opening period when Tuckers short turnaround jumper made it 19-8. New Orleans responded by scoring the first eight points of the second quarter -- four each by Withey and Rivers -- to pull to 23-22. Withey and Miller each ended up with 10 first-half points apiece for the Pelicans, and Miller briefly gave New Orleans the lead on a 14-foot step-back jumper that made it 42-40. Soon after, however, Green dunked and hit a 3, helping the Suns take a 47-46 lead into halftime. Notes: Luke Babbitt had a season-high 12 points for New Orleans. ... Phoenix won all four meetings with the Pelicans this season. ... The Suns have won eight of their past 10 against New Orleans. Mike Bantom Jersey .com Tours Nova Scotia Open. The 27-year-old Sloan, a former Texas-El Paso player from Calgary matched first-round leader Rodriguez at 10-under 132 on Ashburn Golf Clubs New Course. 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Yet the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback knows what the energy in a locker room feels like when things start to come together.It happened in 2005 when the Steelers ripped off nine straight victories at the end of the season and earned the franchises fifth Super Bowl title. It happened again in 2008, when Pittsburgh won nine of its final 10 to party under the confetti in Tampa.And maybe — maybe — the mojo is returning. A steady 27-20 victory over Atlanta on Sunday lifted Pittsburgh (9-5) within one win of a return to the playoffs following a two-year absence. It was professional, not flashy. Last Roethlisberger checked, its a formula that tends to work this time of year.If you get hot and play your best football at the right time then you are a dangerous football team, Roethlisberger said. I dont know if we are there yet, but we got a win and are happy about it.One that traded eye-popping offensive fireworks for something more responsible. The Steelers never trailed, didnt turn the ball over and made all the significant plays that mattered, from William Gays club-record third interception return for a touchdown to Roethlisbergers aggressive throw to Heath Miller with 2 minutes left that allowed Pittsburgh to run out the clock.In a season of erratic play from week to week, Sunday looked like four quarters of reassurance. No turnovers. No real sense of danger. Pittsburgh was focused, not frenzied. Call it a moment of growth from a group that rebuilt itself on the fly during consecutive 8-8 seasons. The Steelers are far from perfect, but they were closer than theyve been in awhile.Now they have to find a way to do it again next week against Kansas City (8-6) to lock down a post-season spot and set up a rematch with Cincinnati in the regular season finale, with the winner claiming the AFC North title.The job is not done, defensive end Cam Heyward said. We really want to hit all our goals. That means first getting to the pplayoffs and then making some noise.ddddddddddddHow much racket depends largely on if the defence can continue to find a way to play responsibly if not spectacularly. The Falcons piled up 408 yards of total offence, but Gays scintillating 52-yard snag and sprint on the first play of the second quarter gave the Steelers a 13-point cushion that was never seriously threatened.Atlanta had the ball just once with a chance to tie or take the lead and failed to record a single first down. Vince Williams stuffed Harry Douglas for a four-yard gain on third-and-6 with 4:50 remaining. The Falcons punted and Atlanta never regained possession.We played our way, Steelers linebacker Jarvis Jones said. We started off good. We played the whole game and we kept the fire. Our coaches put us in good situations. The Falcons made their plays. We stayed with it and we finished.And they did it in a way that served as a perfect symbol for the aggressive mindset preached by coach Mike Tomlin on down. Facing third-and-1 at the Atlanta 39 coming out of the 2-minute warning, the Steelers could have run LeVeon Bell behind the left side of scrimmage and taken their chances.They did, but in an entirely different way. Roethlisberger faked to Bell then rolled to his right. He spotted tight end Heath Miller running 20 yards downfield. The completion effectively ended the competitive portion of the contest and crystallized Tomlins approach that the Steelers, as he loves to say, will not live in our fears.When Pittsburgh doesnt, the Steelers believe they are every bit as dangerous as top teams of the AFC. They have two more chances in the regular season to earn the right to prove it in January. Entering December, the Steelers knew they needed to be perfect to think about the playoffs. Theyre halfway there.We are who we are and we are not a perfect group by any stretch, Tomlin said. But we will fight the fight until the end together.___AP NFL websites: http://www.pro32.ap.org and http://www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '