Devin Booker scored 27 points, Jalen Green added 25, and Royce O’Neale contributed 21 as the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the fourth quarter to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks 129–114 on Tuesday night.
Phoenix shot 53.9% overall and made a season-high 24 3-pointers on 51 attempts, while Milwaukee shot 51.2% and went 16 of 38 from beyond the arc.
In a back-and-forth game featuring 16 ties and 12 lead changes, O’Neale gave the Suns the lead for good with a 50-foot buzzer-beater to end the third quarter. Phoenix then opened the fourth with a 7–0 run to take a 107–97 lead and maintained at least a seven-point advantage the rest of the way.
Kyle Kuzma led Milwaukee with a season-high 33 points, while Giannis Antetokounmpo and Myles Turner each added 22. Ousmane Dieng recorded a double-double with 12 points and 10 rebounds.
Phoenix, winners of five of their last six, opened a six-game road trip with the victory and moved within one game of Denver for sixth place in the Western Conference. Milwaukee, meanwhile, has lost six of seven and recently went 3–7 over a stretch that included nine home games. Six of the Bucks’ next eight matchups are on the road.
Taurean Prince made his season debut for Milwaukee after missing nearly four months due to neck surgery, playing 18 scoreless minutes. Phoenix’s Jordan Goodwin returned from a 2½-week absence with a left calf strain, contributing six points in 13 minutes. The Bucks also were without Kevin Porter Jr. (right knee swelling), Bobby Portis (thoracic spine bruise), and Jericho Sims (right patella tendinitis).
Up next: The Suns travel to Indiana on Thursday, while the Bucks visit Miami the same night.
