MILWAUKEE (AP) \u2014 Devin Booker scored 27 points, Jalen Green had 25 and Royce O\u2019Neale 21 as the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the fourth quarter to win a 129-114 shootout with the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Phoenix shot 53.9% and made a season-high 24 3-pointers on 51 attempts. Milwaukee shot 51.2% and went 16 of 38 from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
In a game that featured 16 ties and 12 lead changes, O\u2019Neale put the Suns ahead for good with a tiebreaking buzzer-beater from about 50 feet to end the third quarter. Phoenix then scored the first seven points of the final period to extend its lead to 107-97.<\/p>\n
Phoenix stayed in front by at least seven points the rest of the way.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee\u2019s Kyle Kuzma scored a season-high 33 points. Giannis Antetokounmpo and Myles Turner each added 22 points. Ousmane Dieng had 12 points and 10 rebounds.<\/p>\n
Phoenix, which has won five of its last six, was opening a six-game trip. The Suns moved within one game of Denver for sixth place in the Western Conference standings. <\/p>\n
The Bucks have lost six of seven and just finished a 3-7 stretch that included nine home games. Six of the Bucks\u2019 next eight games are away from home.<\/p>\n
Taurean Prince played a scoreless 18 minutes for the Bucks in his first game since undergoing surgery in mid-November to repair a herniated disc in his neck. Phoenix\u2019s Jordan Goodwin scored six points in 13 minutes after missing 2 1\/2 weeks with a left calf strain.<\/p>\n
Milwaukee\u2019s Kevin Porter Jr. missed a fourth straight game with swelling in his right knee. The Bucks also didn\u2019t have Bobby Portis (thoracic spine bruise) or Jericho Sims (right patella tendinitis).<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
Suns: At Indiana on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Bucks: At Miami on Thursday<\/p>\n
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