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    Durant, Booker, Beal give Davis and Lakers their first loss

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    The Phoenix Suns (3-1) defeated the Los Angeles Lakers (3-1) at home on Monday after a tight fourth quarter, 109-105. The teams split their two games early in the season.

    Phoenix’s Big 3 of Devin Booker (game-high 33 points), Kevin Durant (30) and Bradley Beal (15) paced them in the second half, which saw six ties and nine lead changes in the fourth.

    LA’s Anthony Davis finished with a team-high 29 points and 15 rebounds, Rui Hachimura had 20 and 10, Austin Reaves contributed 23 and eight and LeBron James was held to 11 points but matched D’Angelo Russell (14 points) in the team. high eight assists.

    Phoenix started the game struggling on defense and trailed by 18 in the first quarter. After trailing by seven to start the fourth, the Sun opened on a 14-3 run to take the lead, and the see-saw affair ensued until Phoenix pulled away in the final seconds.

    The Suns return to LA to take on the Clippers for their next game on Thursday at 7 p.m.

    Suns follow Lakers after tight third quarter

    Phoenix trails LA 83-76 at the end of the third period.

    Booker led the Suns with 24 points, and Kevin Durant had 22. Lakers’ Anthony Davis still has a game-high 25, Rui Hachimura has the Lakers’ second-most points with 18 points, and LeBron James has just seven with a game-high seven. assists.

    Before Lakers guard Gabe Vincent hit his only bucket of the game on the corner 3 with eight seconds left, and Devin Booker’s buzzer-beating leaner on the ensuing Suns possession, the largest margin for either team was six. After Durant’s second made 3 to put the Suns up 66-62, the Lakers went on an 8-0 run to take back the lead on Rui Hachimura’s third trey after five minutes.

    Booker leads the Suns surge in the second quarter

    Devin Booker scored 14 of his 18 points in the second quarter to lead Phoenix to a 50-48 lead over LA at intermission. That was the first lead for the Suns since going 4-3.

    Two of the Suns’ other Big 3, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal, have 12 and seven points, respectively.

    Phoenix continued their late success in the first quarter, starting the second with a 9-2 run that cut LA’s lead to two on Booker’s first trey at 9:21. The Suns outscored the Lakers 25-14 in the second and closed the half on a 16-6 run. The Suns made the Lakers commit five of their seven total turnovers in the second and scored 12 points from them. Phoenix has eight turnover figures and gives up eight points.

    Lakers star LeBron James had just three points at halftime and struggled to shoot just 1 of 6. Anthony Davis led all scorers with 20.

    Suns’ Durant challenges Lakers’ Davis dominance in first Q

    Kevin Durant scored 12 points (5-for-8 shooting) for Phoenix in the opening period, but they trailed 34-25 entering the second, thanks largely to LA’s Anthony Davis.

    The Suns had no answers for the Lakers’ All-Star center, who scored 16 points (7-for-11), grabbed four rebounds and had two blocks. After the Lakers’ early 5-4 lead around the nine-minute mark, they went on a 21-6 run to extend their largest lead to 18. The Suns’ Jusuf Nurkic (two points) struggled defending against the edge attack from Davis.

    But Durant scored 10 points in the final five minutes of the quarter to cut the lead to nine.

    Starting lineups

    The Suns have starting point guard Tyus Jones, Devin Booker at the two, Bradley Beal, Kevin Durant and Jusuf Nurkic at center.

    The Lakers open with D’Angelo Russell, Austin Reaves, LeBron James at the three, power forward Rui Hachimura and center Anthony Davis.

    Beal will play, Allen debuts vs. Lakers

    Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said during his pregame media availability that Bradley Beal (elbow) has been upgraded to available from questionable.

    Budenholzer also said that their sixth man, Grayson Allen, will not be on a minutes restriction in his debut against the Lakers. Allen did not play until October 6 in the Suns’ first preseason win against the Lakers, after which he missed the next four games and Phoenix’s first three regular-season games due to Achilles tendon soreness and personal reasons. Allen was the NBA’s leading three-point shooter last season (46.1%).

    Beal questionable vs. Lakers

    According to Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic, Bradley Beal is listed as questionable with right elbow soreness for Monday night’s rematch against the Los Angeles Lakers at the Footprint Center. The three-time All-Star attended shootaround Monday morning at the team’s practice facility after missing Saturday’s home opener against the Dallas Mavericks.

    Grayson Allen was also present at Monday’s shootaround and is not listed in the report after previously being listed as out for personal reasons.

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