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01/20 20:50 CST Booker scores 27, Green adds 12 in return to the Suns' lineup
in a 116-110 win over 76ers
Booker scores 27, Green adds 12 in return to the Suns' lineup in a 116-110 win
over 76ers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) --- Devin Booker scored 27 points and Jalen Green added 12
points in his return to the lineup as the Phoenix Suns beat the Philadelphia
76ers 116-110 on Tuesday night in a matchup of teams playing the second game of
a back to back.
Grayson Allen and Jordan Goodwin scored 16 points apiece and Collin Gillespie
and Oso Ighodaro each added 12 as the Suns won their third straight game and
for the 12th time in 16 games.
Rookie VJ Edgecombe led the 76ers with 25 points. Kelly Oubre Jr. finished with
21 points and Tyrese Maxey added 17. Andre Drummond finished with 15 rebounds
and eight points for the Sixers, who lost for the fourth time in six games.
Philadelphia was without Joel Embiid (right ankle injury management) and Paul
George (left knee injury management).
Green played in just his third game of the season, and his first since Nov. 8,
because of a right hamstring injury. He is in his first season with the Suns,
arriving in the offseason as part of the trade in which Kevin Durant was sent
to the Houston Rockets.
Green came off the bench to score seven points in nine minutes of the first
half, and went on to shoot 4 for 11 from the field, including 2 for 4 from
distance, in 20 minutes, with three assists and two rebounds.
The Suns, coming off a win over Brooklyn on Monday, got 13 points from Booker,
10 from Ighodaro and were perfect on 13 shots from the line on the way to a
57-53 lead at the break.
The Sixers, who beat Indiana on Monday, opened the second half with a 13-2 run
for a 66-59 lead. The Suns tied it at 68 and built a 97-84 lead by the end of
the third period. Phoenix extended its lead to 103-86 with 9:37 left in the
fourth after Sixers coach Nick Nurse received a technical foul for contesting a
call. Philadelphia chipped away down the stretch, but never really threatened.
Up next
Suns: Complete six-game trip at Atlanta on Friday.
76ers: Host Houston on Thursday in the fifth game of a six-game homestand.
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