Booker barely misses his 1st regular-season triple-double, still leads Suns past Clippers 114-103

Devin Booker had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Phoenix Suns held disconnected the Clippers 114-103 for their 2nd triumph implicit Los Angeles successful 3 days

INGLEWOOD, Calif. -- Devin Booker had 21 points, 10 rebounds and 9 assists, and the Phoenix Suns held disconnected the Clippers 114-103 connected Saturday nighttime for their 2nd triumph implicit Los Angeles successful 3 days.

Mark Williams scored 19 points for the Suns, who person won 4 of five. Phoenix kept a pb passim the 4th quarter, and Booker's three-point play with 2:59 near got the Suns retired of occupation aft Los Angeles had trimmed the shortage to five.

Booker fell conscionable abbreviated of his archetypal triple-double successful the regular play during his 11-year, 683-game career, failing to adhd a 10th assistance aft helium returned to the crippled with 7:41 to play. The Suns' prima defender got his lone triple-double successful Game 1 of the Western Conference finals successful June 2021 — besides against the Clippers.

Ivica Zubac had 21 points and 15 rebounds, and John Collins scored 19 successful the short-handed Clippers' 4th consecutive loss. James Harden had 13 points and 13 assists, but went 2 of 10 connected 3-point attempts.

The Suns beat the Clippers 115-102 successful Phoenix connected Thursday. The rivals person already met 3 times this season, with Phoenix winning twice.

Jalen Green needed assistance to permission the tribunal successful the last infinitesimal of the archetypal 4th with an evident re-injury of the close hamstring that kept him retired of Phoenix’s archetypal 8 games. Green, acquired from Houston implicit the summertime successful the megatrade sending Kevin Durant to the Rockets, scored 29 points Thursday successful an awesome Suns debut.

Bradley Beal scored 12 points for the Clippers, concisely getting into a shooting bushed against his erstwhile squad successful the 2nd fractional aft going to the locker country successful the archetypal fractional with near hep soreness.

Kawhi Leonard missed his 3rd consecutive crippled for the Clippers with a sprained ankle that volition support him retired for “the adjacent fewer games,” manager Tyronn Lue said.

Harden returned after missing Thursday's game for idiosyncratic reasons.

Suns: Host New Orleans connected Monday.

Clippers: Host Atlanta connected Monday.

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