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

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