Suns beat Raptors 107-102
Mirza Teletovic scored 20 points (18 on 6 3-pointers), and the Phoenix Suns beat the Toronto Raptors 107-102 to end a 4-game losing streak.
Markieff Morris’ cutting layup answered DeMar DeRozan’s 17-foot turnaround jumper and put the Suns back ahead for good with 2:24 left in the fourth quarter.
The Raptors had the ball down 3 with 12 seconds left, but Eric Bledsoe blocked Luis Scola’s 3-pointer, lifting the Suns’ chance to win from 95% to over 99%. It would have tied the game.
During clutch time, the Suns outscored the Raptors 14-10. Bledsoe scored 7 of the Suns’ 14 on 1 for 2 shooting and 5 for 6 at the line. Early in the fourth quarter, DeMarre Carroll had 2 steals in 50 seconds, the first leading to his own driving layup and the second to James Johnson’s pull-up jumper.
Bledsoe had 20 points, 11 assists and 3 blocks but shot 5 for 17.
For the Raptors, DeRozan had 29 points (13 in the second quarter) and 7 assists, and Carroll added 20 points on 8 for 13 shooting.
The Suns grabbed 13 offensive rebounds to the Raptors’ 8 and outscored them 51-25 off the bench. The Raptors forced 10 turnovers, about 6 fewer than usual for this many possessions.