Booker scores 33, Durant adds 30 as the Suns rally for 109-105 win and hand Lakers first loss

Devin Booker scored 33 points, Kevin Durant added 30 and nan Phoenix Suns rallied to hit nan Los Angeles Lakers 109-105

PHOENIX -- Devin Booker scored 33 points, Kevin Durant added 30 and nan Phoenix Suns rallied to hit nan Los Angeles Lakers 109-105 connected Monday night.

The Lakers took an 83-76 advantage into nan fourth, but couldn't clasp on, suffering their first nonaccomplishment of nan play aft winning 3 successful a row. Durant made back-to-back jumpers to springiness nan Suns a 105-101 lead pinch 2:17 left.

LeBron James responded pinch a 3-pointer pinch 1:58 near to trim nan separator to 105-104, but nan Lakers ne'er regained nan lead. James vanished pinch 11 points, narrowly extending his NBA-record streak of astatine slightest 10 points successful a crippled to 1,226.

The Suns bounced backmost from an early 18-point shortage to get nan win. The Lakers hit nan Suns 123-116 connected Friday astatine location aft climbing retired of an early 22-point hole.

Austin Reaves deed a 3-pointer pinch 5:16 near successful nan first 4th to springiness nan Lakers a 26-8 lead, but nan Suns rallied to return a 50-48 lead by halftime. L.A.'s Anthony Davis scored 20 points earlier nan break connected 9-of-14 shooting. He vanished pinch 29.

Lakers: The astir awesome portion of L.A.'s early burst was that James didn't moreover return a changeable arsenic nan squad built an 18-point lead. Davis continues to excel arsenic nan team's superior violative option, shooting 12 for 24 and adding 15 rebounds. James had a reliable night, shooting conscionable 3 of 14 from nan field.

Suns: It was a unsmooth crippled for starting halfway Jusuf Nurkic, who scored conscionable 2 points successful 15 minutes. He was coming disconnected his champion crippled of nan play — an 18-point, 14-rebound effort successful Saturday's triumph complete nan Mavericks.

Phoenix's Royce O'Neale deed a important 15-foot floater to springiness nan Suns a 107-104 lead pinch 1:25 left.

There were six ties and 14 lead changes.

Lakers sojourn Cleveland connected Wednesday, and Suns sojourn nan Los Angeles Clippers connected Thursday.

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