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Booker and Durant lead Suns to 125-1119 comeback win over Clippers
INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) Devin Booker scored 40 points, Kevin Durant added 18, and the Phoenix Suns rallied from a 21-point deficit to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 125-119 on Thursday night.
Booker made a corner 3-pointer to put Phoenix ahead 108-105 with 5:15 remaining as the Suns scored 73 points in the second half to take their second win in eight days at the Clippers’ new arena.
Booker and Durant got going in the third to get the Suns back in it, combining for 20 points. Royce O'Neale, who finished with 21 points, and Ryan Dunn, who had 16, also had some timely long-distance shots after the break.
James Harden had 25 points, 10 rebounds and 13 assists, but Los Angeles faltered again one night after giving away a late lead in a one-point loss at Portland.
Suns: Bradley Beal did not play because of an elbow injury, but Phoenix was able to overcome the absence of its third star with a dominant second half.
Clippers: After being good at limiting turnovers and moving the ball around in the first half, Los Angeles got stagnant and sloppy to give away a winnable game.
Harden fumbled away the ball in the paint, allowing Durant to find Booker for the go-ahead bucket. It was one of eight Clippers turnovers in the second half.
After being outscored 11-0 in the first quarter, the Suns had a 21-5 edge in fast-break points the rest of the way.
The Suns host Portland on Saturday, and the Clippers host Oklahoma City.
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| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 |  | Jusuf Nurkic vs. Ivica Zubac (Tyus Jones gains possession) | ||
| 11:38 |  | Kevin Durant turnover (lost ball) (Ivica Zubac steals) | ||
| 11:33 | | +2 | Terance Mann makes two point running dunk (James Harden assists) | 0-2 |
| 11:18 | | +2 | Devin Booker makes two point stepback jump shot | 2-2 |
| 11:01 | | +2 | Terance Mann makes two point layup (James Harden assists) | 2-4 |
| 10:49 | | Ryan Dunn misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:46 | | Derrick Jones Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 10:34 | | Norman Powell misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 10:30 | | Ryan Dunn defensive rebound | ||
| 10:16 | | +2 | Devin Booker makes two point pullup jump shot | 4-4 |
| 10:00 | | +3 | Derrick Jones Jr. makes three point jump shot (James Harden assists) | 4-7 |
| 9:46 | | Tyus Jones misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:43 | | Ivica Zubac defensive rebound | ||
| 9:32 | | James Harden misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 9:32 | | Suns defensive rebound | ||
| 9:17 | | Kevin Durant misses two point jump shot | ||
| 9:14 | | Ivica Zubac defensive rebound | ||
| 9:09 | | Devin Booker personal foul (Norman Powell draws the foul) | ||
| 9:04 | | +2 | Derrick Jones Jr. makes two point alley-oop dunk (James Harden assists) | 4-9 |
| 8:50 | | James Harden blocks Jusuf Nurkic's two point driving layup | ||
| 8:47 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 8:44 | | James Harden turnover (bad pass) (Kevin Durant steals) | ||
| 8:38 | | Jusuf Nurkic turnover (bad pass) (Derrick Jones Jr. steals) | ||
| 8:34 | | +2 | James Harden makes two point running finger roll layup (Derrick Jones Jr. assists) | 4-11 |
| 8:19 | | Tyus Jones turnover (lost ball) (Terance Mann steals) | ||
| 8:11 | | +2 | Norman Powell makes two point bank jump shot (James Harden assists) | 4-13 |
| 8:07 | | Suns 60 second timeout | ||
| 7:55 | | +2 | Kevin Durant makes two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | 6-13 |
| 7:39 | | Norman Powell misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:34 | | Kevin Durant defensive rebound | ||
| 7:27 | | Derrick Jones Jr. personal foul (Devin Booker draws the foul) | ||
| 7:18 | | James Harden blocks Tyus Jones's three point jump shot | ||
| 7:14 | | Ivica Zubac defensive rebound | ||
| 7:02 | | James Harden misses three point stepback jump shot | ||
| 6:57 | | Jusuf Nurkic defensive rebound | ||
| 6:45 | | Kevin Durant turnover (bad pass) (Derrick Jones Jr. steals) | ||
| 6:41 | | Derrick Jones Jr. misses two point running layup | ||
| 6:40 | | Terance Mann offensive rebound | ||
| 6:39 | | Terance Mann misses two point putback layup | ||
| 6:38 | | Derrick Jones Jr. offensive rebound | ||
| 6:38 | | +2 | Derrick Jones Jr. makes two point tip layup | 6-15 |
| 6:17 | | +2 | Kevin Durant makes two point cutting layup (Devin Booker assists) | 8-15 |
| 6:04 | | +2 | Ivica Zubac makes two point hook shot (Norman Powell assists) | 8-17 |
| 5:51 | | +3 | Tyus Jones makes three point pullup jump shot | 11-17 |
| 5:31 | | +2 | Norman Powell makes two point driving hook shot (James Harden assists) | 11-19 |
| 5:15 | | Tyus Jones misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 5:14 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 5:08 | | James Harden misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 5:06 | | Ivica Zubac offensive rebound | ||
| 5:01 | | Terance Mann misses three point jump shot | ||
| 4:59 | | Kevin Durant defensive rebound | ||
| 4:50 | | Norman Powell shooting foul (Jusuf Nurkic draws the foul) | ||
| 4:50 | | +1 | Jusuf Nurkic makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 12-19 |
| 4:50 | | +1 | Jusuf Nurkic makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 13-19 |
| 4:28 | | Derrick Jones Jr. misses two point driving layup | ||
| 4:25 | | Kai Jones offensive rebound | ||
| 4:24 | | Kai Jones turnover (lost ball) (Grayson Allen steals) | ||
| 4:13 | | Grayson Allen misses two point driving layup | ||
| 4:09 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 4:06 | | +3 | James Harden makes three point running jump shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists) | 13-22 |
| 3:53 | | Jusuf Nurkic misses three point jump shot | ||
| 3:49 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 3:31 | | +3 | James Harden makes three point stepback jump shot | 13-25 |
| 3:15 | | Kevin Porter Jr. blocks Grayson Allen's three point jump shot | ||
| 3:13 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 3:13 | | +2 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point running reverse layup (James Harden assists) | 13-27 |
| 3:13 | | Suns 60 second timeout | ||
| 2:58 | | Nicolas Batum blocks Kevin Durant's two point turnaround fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 2:54 | | Kai Jones defensive rebound | ||
| 2:54 | | Grayson Allen shooting foul (James Harden draws the foul) | ||
| 2:54 | | +1 | James Harden makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 13-28 |
| 2:54 | | +1 | James Harden makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 13-29 |
| 2:43 | | Kris Dunn personal foul (Kevin Durant draws the foul) | ||
| 2:37 | | Kai Jones blocks Mason Plumlee's two point driving layup | ||
| 2:37 | | Clippers defensive rebound | ||
| 2:24 | | +2 | James Harden makes two point driving floating jump shot | 13-31 |
| 2:10 | | +3 | Royce O'Neale makes three point jump shot (Grayson Allen assists) | 16-31 |
| 1:53 | | +2 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point pullup jump shot | 16-33 |
| 1:42 | | Monte Morris misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 1:40 | | Kevin Porter Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 1:23 | | Royce O'Neale personal foul (James Harden draws the foul) | ||
| 1:14 | | +2 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point pullup bank jump shot | 16-35 |
| 1:00 | | +2 | Grayson Allen makes two point driving layup (Kevin Durant assists) | 18-35 |
| 0:42 | | +2 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes two point driving floating bank jump shot | 18-37 |
| 0:35 | | +2 | Kevin Durant makes two point driving layup | 20-37 |
| 0:35 | | Amir Coffey shooting foul (Kevin Durant draws the foul) | ||
| 0:35 | | Kevin Durant misses regular free throw 1 of 1 | ||
| 0:32 | | Nicolas Batum defensive rebound | ||
| 0:15 | | Nicolas Batum misses three point jump shot | ||
| 0:11 | | Grayson Allen defensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | Kevin Durant misses two point fadeaway jump shot | ||
| 0:00 | | Suns offensive rebound | ||
| 0:00 | | End of period |
| Time | Team | Play | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11:48 | | Ryan Dunn shooting foul (Kevin Porter Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 11:48 | | +1 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 20-38 |
| 11:48 | | +1 | Kevin Porter Jr. makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 20-39 |
| 11:33 | | Kevin Porter Jr. shooting foul (Mason Plumlee draws the foul) | ||
| 11:33 | | +1 | Mason Plumlee makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 21-39 |
| 11:33 | | Mason Plumlee misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 11:29 | | Royce O'Neale offensive rebound | ||
| 11:29 | | +2 | Royce O'Neale makes two point putback layup | 23-39 |
| 11:12 | | Amir Coffey misses two point pullup jump shot | ||
| 11:10 | | Devin Booker defensive rebound | ||
| 11:07 | | Amir Coffey shooting foul (Devin Booker draws the foul) | ||
| 11:07 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 1 of 3 | 24-39 |
| 11:07 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 2 of 3 | 25-39 |
| 11:07 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 3 of 3 | 26-39 |
| 10:52 | | +3 | Amir Coffey makes three point jump shot (Kevin Porter Jr. assists) | 26-42 |
| 10:43 | | +3 | Devin Booker makes three point jump shot (Tyus Jones assists) | 29-42 |
| 10:20 | | Kevin Porter Jr. misses two point floating jump shot | ||
| 10:16 | | Kevin Porter Jr. offensive rebound | ||
| 10:15 | | Kevin Porter Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Mason Plumlee steals) | ||
| 10:08 | | Ryan Dunn misses three point jump shot | ||
| 10:05 | | Kevin Porter Jr. defensive rebound | ||
| 10:05 | | Mason Plumlee personal foul (Kevin Porter Jr. draws the foul) | ||
| 9:49 | | Ivica Zubac turnover (lost ball) (Mason Plumlee steals) | ||
| 9:41 | | Amir Coffey shooting foul (Devin Booker draws the foul) | ||
| 9:41 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 30-42 |
| 9:41 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 31-42 |
| 9:24 | | Kris Dunn misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 9:24 | | Clippers offensive rebound | ||
| 9:13 | | Kevin Porter Jr. turnover (bad pass) (Grayson Allen steals) | ||
| 9:10 | | Kevin Porter Jr. personal foul (Devin Booker draws the foul) | ||
| 9:01 | | Tyus Jones misses three point jump shot | ||
| 8:58 | | Mason Plumlee offensive rebound | ||
| 8:58 | | +2 | Mason Plumlee makes two point tip dunk | 33-42 |
| 8:58 | | Clippers 60 second timeout | ||
| 8:47 | | +2 | Ivica Zubac makes two point hook shot (Nicolas Batum assists) | 33-44 |
| 8:33 | | +3 | Ryan Dunn makes three point jump shot (Tyus Jones assists) | 36-44 |
| 8:16 | | +2 | Norman Powell makes two point pullup jump shot (Kris Dunn assists) | 36-46 |
| 8:03 | | Devin Booker misses two point turnaround jump shot | ||
| 8:00 | | Nicolas Batum defensive rebound | ||
| 7:50 | | Mason Plumlee shooting foul (Ivica Zubac draws the foul) | ||
| 7:50 | | +1 | Ivica Zubac makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 36-47 |
| 7:50 | | +1 | Ivica Zubac makes regular free throw 2 of 2 | 36-48 |
| 7:38 | | Grayson Allen misses three point jump shot | ||
| 7:36 | | Ryan Dunn offensive rebound | ||
| 7:34 | | Nicolas Batum blocks Ryan Dunn's two point putback layup | ||
| 7:33 | | James Harden defensive rebound | ||
| 7:18 | | James Harden misses two point driving floating jump shot | ||
| 7:16 | | Devin Booker defensive rebound | ||
| 7:07 | | +3 | Ryan Dunn makes three point jump shot (Devin Booker assists) | 39-48 |
| 6:59 | | +2 | Terance Mann makes two point driving layup (James Harden assists) | 39-50 |
| 6:48 | | Grayson Allen misses two point driving layup | ||
| 6:46 | | Norman Powell defensive rebound | ||
| 6:43 | | Tyus Jones personal foul (Ivica Zubac draws the foul) | ||
| 6:35 | | James Harden misses three point pullup jump shot | ||
| 6:33 | | Devin Booker defensive rebound | ||
| 6:22 | | Derrick Jones Jr. shooting foul (Devin Booker draws the foul) | ||
| 6:22 | | +1 | Devin Booker makes regular free throw 1 of 2 | 40-50 |
| 6:22 | | Devin Booker misses regular free throw 2 of 2 | ||
| 6:19 | | Ivica Zubac defensive rebound | ||
| 6:09 |