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PARIS - Paris Saint-Germains fans are getting frustrated.Despite extending its unbeaten run to 22 games, PSG still trails league leader Marseille as the expensively-assembled side — featuring Zlatan Ibrahimovic and five players costing more than 40 million euros ($50 million) — struggles to dominate opponents in the French league.Wednesdays 1-1 draw at Lille was hardly encouraging with a big game coming up at Barcelona in the Champions League next week. Before that, PSG faces Nantes at home, while Marseille hosts Metz on Sunday.Here are some things to know about this weekends games:___BLANCS GAMBLEParis Saint-Germain coach Laurent Blanc is under the spotlight after deciding to rest striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic against Lille on Wednesday.The move seemed to backfire as PSG drew 1-1, missing several chances, and failed to overtake Marseille at the top of the league.Blanc justified leaving Ibrahimovic out by saying that he was keeping him fresh for Saturdays home game against Nantes and next Wednesdays trip to Barcelona in the Champions League. Although both sides are already qualified, that match will decide who finishes first in Group F.But the decision to rest the Sweden forward prompted surprise, and the dropped points against Lille led to questions of Blancs management, particularly given that Ibrahimovic needs plenty of games to recover his full fitness after only recently returning from nearly two months out with a heel injury.___MAKING AMENDSMarseille striker Andre-Pierre Gignac will have a point to prove in Saturdays home game against Metz after his sloppy finishing on Tuesday.Gignac is Marseilles top scorer with 11 goals but he fluffed three good chances inside the last 10 minutes in the 1-1 draw at Lorient.Im a bit angry with myself, because I could have got the win for my team, said Gignac, who has scored only once in the past six games for Marseille. Sometimes they go in, sometimes they dont. But Im disappointed.Given that Paris Saint-Germain drew 1-1 at Lille the next day, Marseille could have moved futher ahead in the title race.___SCORING STREAKDaniel Wass is making a name for himself as a goal-scoring midfielder for unheralded Evian, and Lyons defenders will be keeping a close eye on him on Sunday.The 25-year-old Dane has scored in three straight games, with Evian wining those matches to move five points above the relegation zone.Wass cost Evian 1 million euros ($1.24 million) when he joined permanently from Benfica two seasons ago, having played the season before on loan. Evian coach Pascal Dupraz said this week that he expects Wass to join a much bigger club in the off-season.Lyons defence was sloppy in last weekends 3-0 loss at Saint-Etienne, and Wass will be confident of adding to his seven league goals so far.___SHARING THE BURDENThird-place Saint-Etienne has finally found a way to start scoring, netting five goals in the past two games after managing only six in the previous 10.The goals are being shared around, too, taking the scoring burden off Dutch striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel.Defender Moustapha Sall, midfielder Renaud Cohade and Wolfswinkel were all on target in last weekends 3-0 home win against local rival Lyon, while defenders Florentin Pogba and Paul Baysse scored in Wednesdays 2-0 win at Montpellier.Christophe Galtiers side faces last-place Bastia on Saturday.___RISING RENNESLed by the strong wing play of Paul-Georges Ntep, fourth-place Rennes is gaining momentum after a difficult start to the season.Coach Philippe Montaniers side won only two of the first eight games and was languishing in 15th place in early October. 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Goran Dragic added 20 points for Phoenix, which ended Denvers five-game winning streak.It was probably a tough game for us coming off of the long road trip, Hornacek said. To fight through that little bit of tiredness ... these guys just kept playing and Im proud of them.Timofey Mozgov had 18 points and 13 rebounds for the Nuggets (7-8) and Ty Lawson added 17 points and 12 assists.Green carried the Suns (10-6) to a big lead in the third quarter after the score was tied at halftime. He hit three 3-pointers in the third, the first of which gave the Suns an 85-74 lead at the 4:26 mark.Denver came back with an 8-0 run that ended on a soaring dunk by Alonzo Gee, but Green made two more 3s, both from the right baseline, that put Phoenix up 93-86 after three quarters.His reverse jam with 8:57 to play in the game put the Suns up 105-94, and an alley-oop dunk off a feed from Bledsoe gave Phoenix its largest lead of the game, 16 points at 110-94 with 6:46 left.Hes just been a Nugget killer, all last season and this season to this point, Denver coach Brian Shaw said of Green. He just finds an opening, its just like he has a target on us every time we play him.Green had 36 points against Denver in a game last season.Bledsoe finished with 10 assists and three steals despite landing hard on his left hip with 4:37 to play in the third quarter, the result of some contact with the Nuggets Wilson Chandler when going up for a laayup.dddddddddddd.Bledsoe hobbled back to the Suns locker room for treatment, then jogged back out to the bench before the start of the fourth quarter. Hes not expected to miss any time.The Suns were without leading scorer Isaiah Thomas, who was on the bench in street clothes with his 15.5 points per game and bruised right ankle. He was hurt against Toronto on Monday.Both teams shot the ball well with plenty of easy baskets in the first quarter. The Suns led 34-30 at the end of the quarter, with centre Alex Len scoring eight points in three minutes of playing time off the bench.The first half ended tied at 64, with Bledsoe and Aaron Afflalo scoring 14 points each. Afflalo finished with 18 points and Chandler 19 for Denver.___TIP-INSNuggets: G Randy Foye (right quadriceps injury) and C JaVale McGee (left lower leg strain) did not play. F Danilo Gallinari played nine minutes of the first half but missed the second half with a sore left knee.Suns: Five Suns entered Wednesdays game averaging at least 14 points per game. ... Dragic was handed a microphone before the game and wished the crowd a happy Thanksgiving. ... C Miles Plumlee blocked four shots, a season high.UP NEXTNuggets: Host Phoenix on Friday.Suns: At Denver Friday night.ALLEY-OOP ACTIONNuggets F Kenneth Faried didnt have much impact on the game, but he made one highlight-reel play in the first quarter. He soared high above the rim for a rainbow-like lob pass from Chandler and dunked over the Suns Markieff Morris, who was given a technical foul right after the play.SWEET SWATSMorris leaped high to reject a 3-foot layup attempt from Faried with 4:45 left in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, Plumlee denied Alonzo Gee at the rim on a dunk attempt, to the delight of the home crowd.NOTABLE NUMBERS— The Nuggets shot 13 more free throws then the Suns but made six fewer shots, including five fewer 3-pointers.— Phoenix has won five straight games against Denver. ' ' '