Amare Stoudemire scored 12 points in his first game action in eight months as the Suns defeated Partizan 111-80 on Tuesday night.

Phoenix held the Serbian team to just two field goals in the second quarter.

"Defense is what we've been keying on," Stoudemire told the Associated Press. "The guys hustled and put forth the effort on defense. The guys brought it and executed."

Partizan is one of three Euroleague teams playing two exhibition games each in the United States this year.