{"id":517492,"date":"2026-01-05T04:59:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:59:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/517492\/"},"modified":"2026-01-05T04:59:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T04:59:13","slug":"devin-booker-hits-a-3-pointer-to-lift-suns-over-thunder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/517492\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker hits a 3-pointer to lift Suns over Thunder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDevin Booker hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining, Jordan Goodwin scored 26 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and the Phoenix Suns beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-105 on Sunday night.Booker took the late inbounds pass and drilled the long 3-pointer over Alex Caruso, shaking a season-long slump from long range. Ajay Mitchell missed a corner 3 at the buzzer that would have tied it.Oklahoma City&#8217;s four-game winning streak was snapped and the team fell to 30-6, which is still the best record in the NBA. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 25 points while Jalen Williams had 23.The Suns \u2014 who trailed by 18 in the second quarter \u2014 won despite coughing up a late four-point lead.Suns guard Dillon Brooks made a tough 3-pointer over Gilgeous-Alexander with 36 seconds left to give the Suns a 105-101 advantage. Chet Holmgren hit a turnaround jumper to cut it to 105-103 with 26 seconds remaining.Brooks had a turnover on the ensuing possession and Williams made a step-back jumper to tie it at 105 with 8.2 seconds left.But Booker&#8217;s big shot erased the late problems. He finished with 24 points. Brooks scored 22. Goodwin made 9 of 16 shots off the bench, including 8 of 13 from behind the arc.The Suns trailed 49-31 in the second quarter, but rallied for a 71-70 lead late in the third on Ryan Dunn&#8217;s 3-pointer. Phoenix took a 74-73 advantage into the fourth.The Thunder built a 24-9 lead in the first while the Suns missed their first eight 3-point attempts. Oklahoma City led 49-31 late in the second but settled for a 49-42 halftime lead after Phoenix closed on an 11-0 run.Luguentz Dort and Williams both had 10 points for the Thunder before the break. Goodwin led the Suns with nine.Up nextThunder: Host Charlotte on Monday night.Suns: At Houston on Monday night.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPHOENIX (AP) \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Devin Booker hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining, Jordan Goodwin scored 26 points with a career-high eight 3-pointers and the Phoenix Suns beat the Oklahoma City Thunder 108-105 on Sunday night.<\/p>\n<p>Booker took the late inbounds pass and drilled the long 3-pointer over Alex Caruso, shaking a season-long slump from long range. Ajay Mitchell missed a corner 3 at the buzzer that would have tied it.<\/p>\n<p>Oklahoma City&#8217;s four-game winning streak was snapped and the team fell to 30-6, which is still the best record in the NBA. Shai Gilgeous-Alexander led the Thunder with 25 points while Jalen Williams had 23.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns \u2014 who trailed by 18 in the second quarter \u2014 won despite coughing up a late four-point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Suns guard Dillon Brooks made a tough 3-pointer over Gilgeous-Alexander with 36 seconds left to give the Suns a 105-101 advantage. Chet Holmgren hit a turnaround jumper to cut it to 105-103 with 26 seconds remaining.<\/p>\n<p>Brooks had a turnover on the ensuing possession and Williams made a step-back jumper to tie it at 105 with 8.2 seconds left.<\/p>\n<p>But Booker&#8217;s big shot erased the late problems. He finished with 24 points. Brooks scored 22. Goodwin made 9 of 16 shots off the bench, including 8 of 13 from behind the arc.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns trailed 49-31 in the second quarter, but rallied for a 71-70 lead late in the third on Ryan Dunn&#8217;s 3-pointer. Phoenix took a 74-73 advantage into the fourth.<\/p>\n<p>The Thunder built a 24-9 lead in the first while the Suns missed their first eight 3-point attempts. Oklahoma City led 49-31 late in the second but settled for a 49-42 halftime lead after Phoenix closed on an 11-0 run.<\/p>\n<p>Luguentz Dort and Williams both had 10 points for the Thunder before the break. Goodwin led the Suns with nine.<\/p>\n<p>Up next<\/p>\n<p>Thunder: Host Charlotte on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p>Suns: At Houston on Monday night. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Devin Booker hit the go-ahead 3-pointer with 0.7 seconds remaining, Jordan Goodwin scored 26 points with a career-high&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":517493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3783],"tags":[60946,7,1654,2227,2292,364,397,1213,12244,6,310,475,179,3966,3965,472,65,1653,209,604,312],"class_list":["post-517492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-advantage","tag-basketball","tag-big-shot","tag-brooks","tag-devin-booker","tag-jalen-williams","tag-jordan-goodwin","tag-lead","tag-monday-night","tag-nba","tag-oklahoma","tag-oklahoma-city","tag-oklahoma-city-thunder","tag-oklahomacity","tag-oklahomacitythunder","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-point","tag-second","tag-shai-gilgeous-alexander","tag-suns","tag-thunder"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115840730062195074","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=517492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/517492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/517493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=517492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=517492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=517492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}