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01/04 22:00 CST Devin Booker hits a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to lift
Suns over NBA-best Thunder 108-105
Devin Booker hits a 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds left to lift Suns over NBA-best
Thunder 108-105
By DAVID BRANDT
AP Sports Writer
PHOENIX (AP) --- Devin Booker hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds
remaining, Jordan Goodwin scored 26 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers
and the Phoenix Suns beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-105 on Sunday night.
Booker took the late inbounds pass and drilled the long 3-pointer over Alex
Caruso, shaking a season-long slump from long range. Ajay Mitchell missed a
corner 3 at the buzzer that would have tied it.
Oklahoma City's four-game winning streak was snapped and the team fell to 30-6,
which is still the best record in the NBA. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the
Thunder with 25 points while Jalen Williams had 23.
The Suns --- who trailed by 18 in the second quarter --- won despite coughing
up a late four-point lead.
Suns guard Dillon Brooks made a tough 3-pointer over Gilgeous-Alexander with 36
seconds left to give the Suns a 105-101 advantage. Chet Holmgren hit a
turnaround jumper to cut it to 105-103 with 26 seconds remaining.
Brooks had a turnover on the ensuing possession and Williams made a step-back
jumper to tie it at 105 with 8.2 seconds left.
But Booker's big shot erased the late problems. He finished with 24 points.
Brooks scored 22. Goodwin made 9 of 16 shots off the bench, including 8 of 13
from behind the arc.
The Suns trailed 49-31 in the second quarter, but rallied for a 71-70 lead late
in the third on Ryan Dunn's 3-pointer. Phoenix took a 74-73 advantage into the
fourth.
The Thunder built a 24-9 lead in the first while the Suns missed their first
eight 3-point attempts. Oklahoma City led 49-31 late in the second but settled
for a 49-42 halftime lead after Phoenix closed on an 11-0 run.
Luguentz Dort and Williams both had 10 points for the Thunder before the break.
Goodwin led the Suns with nine.
Up next
Thunder: Host Charlotte on Monday night.
Suns: At Houston on Monday night.
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