Bradley Beal scored a game-high 25 points off the bench to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 123-115 win over the visiting Atlanta Hawks on Thursday.
Grayson Allen and Kevin Durant added 23 points apiece for the Suns, who won their second game in three tries. Phoenix’s Devin Booker collected 20 points and 12 assists. Tyus Jones scored 16 points, and Mason Plumlee recorded a team-high 10 rebounds.
Trae Young led Atlanta with 21 points and seven assists, Bogdan Bogdanovic scored 17 points and Dyson Daniels added 13 points, as the Hawks finished their trip with a 2–4 record. Witt Krejci and DeAndre Hunter scored 12 each, David Roddy had 11 and Clint Capela recorded 10 points and 11 rebounds.
Trailing 72–68 at halftime, Phoenix started the third quarter with a 7–0 run, including Jones’ 3-pointer to give the Suns a 75–72 advantage.
After Krejci tied the game with a trey at the 9:40 mark, neither team led by more than two points until Durant and Oso Ighodaro scored with 3:08 remaining in the third to give the Suns an 89-point lead. Did not give lead of 86.
Beal scored the final seven points of the third quarter for Phoenix, including a buzzer-beating layup that gave the Suns a 98–92 lead.
Mid-range jumpers from Beal and Booker gave Phoenix a 10-point advantage with 7:42 remaining. Hunter’s 3-pointer cut Atlanta’s deficit to 111–105, but the Suns’ lead grew to 15 after Durant, Jones and Allen knocked down consecutive 3-pointers.
Atlanta responded with a 10–0 run that cut the deficit to five with 1:22 remaining, but Allen’s layup with 35.6 seconds remaining sealed the victory for the Suns.
Phoenix made 13 of its first 18 shots and took a 33–22 lead when Durant drained a pair of free throws with 1:46 remaining in the first quarter.
Roddy made 3-pointers on the Hawks’ final two possessions in the opening period, cutting Atlanta’s deficit to 38–31 entering the second.
Durant’s dunk put Phoenix ahead 59–53, Onyeka Okongwu started and ended Atlanta’s 8–0 run with the dunk, putting the Hawks ahead 62–59 with 2:58 remaining in the second quarter. Gave.
Josh Okogie’s jumper pulled the Suns within one point, but Young’s layup and Daniels’ 3-pointer gave Atlanta a 72–66 advantage. Jones’ layup with three seconds remaining cut the Suns’ halftime deficit to four.
–Field Level Media
