Bradley Beal scored a game-high 25 factors off the bench, main the Phoenix Suns to a 123-115 win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.
Grayson Allen and Kevin Durant added 23 factors apiece for the Suns, who gained their second sport in three tries. Phoenix’s Devin Booker collected 20 factors and 12 assists. Tyus Jones chipped in 16 factors, and Mason Plumlee recorded a team-high 10 rebounds.
Trae Younger led Atlanta with 21 factors and 7 assists, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 17 factors and Dyson Daniels had 13 because the Hawks completed their street journey with a 2-4 report. Vit Krejci and De’Andre Hunter scored 12 apiece, David Roddy added 11 and Clint Capela recorded 10 factors and 11 rebounds.
Trailing 72-68 at halftime, Phoenix started the third quarter on a 7-0 run, with Jones’ 3-pointer giving the Suns a 75-72 benefit.
After Krejci tied the sport with a trey on the 9:40 mark, neither staff took a lead bigger than two factors till layups from Durant and Oso Ighodaro gave the Suns an 89-86 edge with 3:08 left within the third.
Beal scored Phoenix’s last seven factors of the third quarter, together with a buzzer-beating layup that gave the Suns a 98-92 lead.
Mid-range jumpers from Beal and Booker gave Phoenix a 10-point benefit with 7:42 left. Hunter’s 3-pointer trimmed Atlanta’s deficit to 111-105, however the Suns’ lead then ballooned to fifteen after Durant, Jones and Allen knocked down consecutive 3-pointers.
Atlanta answered with an 10-0 run that reduce the deficit to 5 with 1:22 left, however Allen’s layup with 35.6 seconds remaining iced the Suns’ victory.
Phoenix made 13 of its first 18 pictures and took a 33-22 lead after Durant drained a pair of free throws with 1:46 left within the first quarter.
Roddy made 3-pointers on the Hawks’ last two possessions of the opening interval, trimming Atlanta’s deficit to 38-31 getting into the second.
After Durant’s dunk put Phoenix forward 59-53, Onyeka Okongwu started and ended Atlanta’ 8-0 run with dunks, placing the Hawks forward 62-59 with 2:58 left within the second quarter.
Josh Okogie’s jumper pulled the Suns inside one level, however Younger’s layup and Daniels’ 3-pointer gave Atlanta a 72-66 benefit. Jones’ layup with three seconds left reduce the Suns’ halftime deficit to 4.
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