Kevin Durant recorded 31 points, five rebounds, five assists and three steals to help the Phoenix Suns post a 112-107 victory over the visiting Orlando Magic on Sunday night.
Bradley Beal scored a season-best 25 points on 10-of-13 shooting as Phoenix won its third straight game. Devin Booker had 21 points and three steals for the Suns, who got to see their big three of Booker, Durant and Beal all play in the same game for just the fourth time this season.
Paolo Banchero registered 28 points, nine rebounds and seven assists for Orlando, which lost the opener of a four-game road trip. Franz Wagner had 27 points, seven rebounds and six assists, Wendell Carter Jr. scored a season-high 17 points and Cole Anthony had 13 points for the Magic.
After Wagner hit a 3-pointer to tie it at 99 with 7:55 left in the game, Orlando scored just three points over the next 6:45.
Kings 123, Grizzlies 92
Domantas Sabonis snatched a game-high 21 rebounds as part of a triple-double, De’Aaron Fox got the better of Ja Morant in their point guard duel and Sacramento ran off from host Memphis.
Fox finished with 24 points, seven more than Morant in their first head-to-head of the season. Sabonis complemented his season-high rebound total with 13 points and a game-high 12 assists for his sixth triple-double of the campaign.
Jaren Jackson Jr. put up a team-high 18 points for the Grizzlies, while Desmond Bane and Luke Kennard matched Morant’s 17. Memphis lost its third in a row.
Hawks 130, Wizards 126 Trae Young racked up game highs of 40 points and 13 assists to help lead visiting Atlanta past Washington.
Dejounte Murray added 32 points for the Hawks, who snapped a four-game losing streak. Kyle Kuzma paced the Wizards with 38 points on 15-for-31 shooting from the field in Washington’s fourth loss in its past five games.
Facing a 12-point deficit at the half, Washington cut the Atlanta lead to just two on Jordan Poole’s floater with 4:52 remaining in the third quarter, but Murray scored 10 points in a two-minute span at the end of the period to push Atlanta’s lead to 100-87 after three quarters.
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