Booker and Durant lead Suns to 125-1119 comeback win over Clippers

Devin Booker scored 40 points, Kevin Durant added 18, and nan Phoenix Suns rallied from a 21-point shortage to hit nan Los Angeles Clippers 125-119

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Devin Booker scored 40 points, Kevin Durant added 18, and nan Phoenix Suns rallied from a 21-point shortage to hit nan Los Angeles Clippers 125-119 connected Thursday night.

Booker made a area 3-pointer to put Phoenix up 108-105 pinch 5:15 remaining arsenic nan Suns scored 73 points successful nan 2nd half to return their 2nd triumph successful 8 days astatine nan Clippers’ caller arena.

Booker and Durant sewage going successful nan 3rd to get nan Suns backmost successful it, combining for 20 points. Royce O'Neale, who vanished pinch 21 points, and Ryan Dunn, who had 16, besides had immoderate timely long-distance shots aft nan break.

James Harden had 25 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, but Los Angeles faltered again 1 nighttime aft giving distant a precocious lead successful a one-point nonaccomplishment astatine Portland.

Suns: Bradley Beal did not play because of an elbow injury, but Phoenix was capable to flooded nan absence of its 3rd prima pinch a ascendant 2nd half.

Clippers: After being bully astatine limiting turnovers and moving nan shot astir successful nan first half, Los Angeles sewage stagnant and sloppy to springiness distant a winnable game.

Harden fumbled distant nan shot successful nan paint, allowing Durant to find Booker for nan go-ahead bucket. It was 1 of 8 Clippers turnovers successful nan 2nd half.

After being outscored 11-0 successful nan first quarter, nan Suns had a 21-5 separator successful fast-break points nan remainder of nan way.

The Suns big Portland connected Saturday, and nan Clippers big Oklahoma City.

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