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03/10 21:33 CDT Hot-shooting Suns have three 20-point scorers in 129-114
victory over Bucks
Hot-shooting Suns have three 20-point scorers in 129-114 victory over Bucks
By STEVE MEGARGEE
AP Sports Writer
MILWAUKEE (AP) --- Devin Booker scored 27 points, Jalen Green had 25 and Royce
O'Neale 21 as the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the fourth quarter to win a
129-114 shootout with the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.
Phoenix shot 53.9% and made a season-high 24 3-pointers on 51 attempts.
Milwaukee shot 51.2% and went 16 of 38 from 3-point range.
In a game that featured 15 ties and 12 lead changes, O'Neale put the Suns ahead
for good with a tiebreaking buzzer-beater from about 50 feet to end the third
quarter. Phoenix then scored the first seven points of the final period to
extend its lead to 107-97.
Phoenix stayed in front by at least seven points the rest of the way.
Milwaukee's Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 33 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo
and Myles Turner each added 22 points. Ousmane Dieng 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Phoenix, which has won five of its last six, was opening a six-game trip. The
Suns moved within one game of Denver for seventh place in the Western
Conference standings.
The Bucks have lost six of seven and just finished a 3-7 stretch that included
nine home games. Six of the Bucks' next eight games are away from home.
Taurean Prince played a scoreless 18 minutes for the Bucks in his first game
since undergoing surgery in mid-November to repair a herniated disc in his
neck. Phoenix's Jordan Goodwin scored six points in 13 minutes after missing 2
1/2 weeks with a left calf strain.
Milwaukee's Kevin Porter Jr. missed a fourth straight game with swelling in his
right knee. The Bucks also didn't have Bobby Portis (thoracic spine bruise) or
Jericho Sims (right patella tendinitis).
Up next
Suns: At Indiana on Thursday.
Bucks: At Miami on Thursday
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