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03/10 22:49 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 16 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 had 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 sixth 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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