LOS ANGELES, United States —
Devin Booker scored 33 points and
Chris Paul did well to adjust on the fly
for his 27 points and 14 assists as the Phoenix Suns won their seventh straight
game with a 115-109 victory over the Utah Jazz.
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Paul scored 15 of his
season-high 27 in the fourth quarter after making adjustments to his playing
style.
"In the first half, we
had too many turnovers. I was trying to pass too much so I just started being
aggressive," the 36-year-old guard said.
Paul made his first five
shots of the fourth quarter, including two baskets from beyond the arc on
Monday night in Phoenix.
"Our staff always says
to us 'Let it fly. If you are open and got a shot, let it fly," Paul said.
The Suns seized control with
a 14-2 final quarter run after the short-handed Jazz grabbed a 95-91 lead early
in the quarter.
Utah was missing
all-stars Donovan Mitchell, Rudy Gobert and Mike Conley
Jr. The Jazz lost for the eighth time in 11 games.
Jordan Clarkson led the
Jazz with 22 points, including three straight threes in the final quarter.
Elsewhere,
Darius Garland
nailed a clutch three-pointer with 83 seconds remaining in regulation time as
the Cleveland Cavaliers held on to beat the New York Knicks 95-93.
Kevin Love scored a
team-high 20 points for the Cavaliers who led by as many as 15 points in the
fourth quarter before the Knicks came storming back.
Rookie Evan
Mobley finished with 15 points and 12 rebounds, and Isaac
Okoro had 14 points for Cleveland, who have won seven of eight and were
coming off a hard-fought win over Oklahoma City on Saturday. Garland also had
13 points and 12 assists.
"I've tried to be one
of the vets in his life to tell him what to do and what not to do," Love
said of Garland. "I've been telling him, keep leading us."
'Little things'
RJ Barrett scored 24
points and
Julius Randle 18 for the Knicks, who have lost four of their last
five games.
"I think we should have
won the game," Barrett said. "That's for sure. It was just little
things we can control that we've got to tighten up."
The Knicks missed several
chances in the final moments to take the lead. Randle came up short on a
38-foot three-point attempt at the buzzer.
"With the final one,
they did a good job taking the corner away," Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau
said. "Julius wound up with a tough shot. Credit to their defense for the
way they played us."
In Oklahoma City, Nicola
Vucevic had 26 points and 15 rebounds as the Chicago Bulls withstood
a late comeback by the
Oklahoma City Thunder to win 111-110.
The Bulls led by 28 points
in the third quarter, but the Thunder engineered a fierce comeback and had a
chance to tie it in the closing seconds.
Oklahoma City's
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who led his team with 31 points, missed a
three-pointer that would have evened the score with two seconds to play.
Rookie Ayo
Dosunmu scored a season-high 24 points and Zach LaVine added 23
for the Bulls.
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