Tuesday, March 26

Suns end road trip with win over Sixers, face Bucks next in finals rematch


PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia had the best player on the planet right now, but Phoenix continues to show why it has the NBA’s best record.

The Suns capped a four-game road trip with a 114-109 win Tuesday night over the 76ers at Wells Fargo Center on the second of a back-to-back. Improving to 22-5 on the road, Phoenix (44-10) took the final three of the road trip that began with a loss at Atlanta.

Devin Booker led the Suns with 35 points, going 10-of-11 from the line, while Mikal Bridges scored 23 back in his hometown of Philadelphia.

Joel Embiid, the leading MVP candidate, paced the 76ers (32-22) with 34 points and 12 rebounds while Tobias Harris dropped 30.

Tied at 94-94 midway through the fourth, the Suns and Sixers returned to their starting units.

From that point, there were three lead changes and one tie.

The Suns took the lead for good on Chris Paul’s free throw that began a 9-3 run to take a 108-102 lead with 2:43 left. The Sixers got within three and looked to tie off a Paul turnover with 25.1 seconds left, but Embiid turned the ball right back over.




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