Valanciunas, Grizzlies too hot for Suns, Booker
Jonas Valanciunas had eight of his team-high 30 points in a third-４半期/4分の1 run-away Sunday night as the Memphis Grizzlies took a big lead and held off a frantic finish by Devin Booker for a 121-114 victory over the host 不死鳥／絶品 Suns.
Booker finished with 40 points, 含むing 14 in the final 5:28, during which the Suns 決起大会／結集させるd from a 14-point 赤字 to get as の近くに as 115-112 with still 52.6 seconds to play.
But De'Anthony Melton 反対するd with two 解放する／自由な throws with 36.3 seconds left, after which Ja Morant and Solomon Hill 追加するd a pair of foul 発射s apiece to 調印（する） the 勝利，勝つ for Memphis, which won at 不死鳥／絶品 for the second time this season.
The Suns led by as many as 11 in the first ４半期/4分の1, but 設立する themselves 負かす／撃墜する 62-57 at halftime before the Grizzlies spurted off to a 96-77 advantage by the end of the third period.
Jaren Jackson Jr. 攻撃する，衝突する a pair of 3-pointers の中で eight points as he and Valanciunas 連合させるd for 16 of the Grizzlies' 34 points in the period.
Memphis led 109-95 with 5:43 to go before Booker almost brought the Suns all the way 支援する.
Valanciunas' 30 points （機の）カム on 12-for-16 狙撃, as the Grizzlies 発射 54.2 パーセント from the field. He also grabbed eight 回復するs, tying Jackson for team-high 栄誉（を受ける）s.
Dillon Brooks finished with 19 points, while Jackson had 15, and Morant 13 to complement a team-high seven 補助装置s, and Hill and Brandon Clarke 10 points apiece.
Brooks nailed five 3-pointers for Memphis, which outscored 不死鳥／絶品 54-18 from beyond the arc.
Booker made 13 of his 20 発射s and 13 of his 14 解放する／自由な throws on his 40-point night.
Kelly Oubre Jr. (17 points, 10 回復するs) and Deandre Ayton (14 points, 12 回復するs) 記録，記録的な／記録するd 二塁打-（テニスなどの）ダブルス for the Suns, while Mikal 橋（渡しをする）s put up 12 points and Ricky Rubio nine to go with a game-high eight 補助装置s.
The 勝利，勝つ 許すd the Grizzlies (15-22) to pass the Suns (14-22) in the Western 会議／協議会 standings.
The loss was just the Suns' second in their last five games.
--Field Level マスコミ
