Suns snap 5-game skid with 111-95 win over depleted Clippers
Phoenix Suns forward Mikal Bridges (25) shoots against LA Clippers guard Terance Mann (14) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)[ASSOCIATED PRESS/Ashley Landis]
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mikal Bridges scored 27 points, Chris Paul added 15 points and 13 assists and the Phoenix Suns snapped a five-game losing streak with a 111-95 victory over the depleted Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. Devin Booker scored 14 points in his return from a two-game absence with a hamstring injury for the Suns, whose longest skid in three years ended with a blowout of a Clippers lineup missing most of its important players. Phoenix took a 27-point lead in the first half and maintained a comfortable double-digit margin. Kawhi Leonard, Paul George, Norman Powell, Reggie Jackson and Ivica Zubac didn’t play, leaving Los Angeles without its top three scorers, four of its starters Wednesday in a victory over Minnesota.
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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) shoots during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the LA Clippers in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker (1) shoots against LA Clippers center Moses Brown (9) and guard Amir Coffey (7) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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LA Clippers center Moses Brown (9) shoots against Phoenix Suns center Bismack Biyombo (18) during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
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