CLEVELAND – Devin Booker scored 31 points, Chris Paul had 23 and 16 assists and the Phoenix Suns stayed in step with Utah atop the Western Conference by outlasting the under-manned Cleveland Cavaliers 134-118 in overtime on Tuesday night for their fifth straight win.
Mikal Bridges made two 3-pointers, dunked and had a block as Phoenix scored the first 15 points in OT to finally put away the Cavs.
Phoenix outscored Cleveland 20-4 in the extra five minutes. The Suns let a late lead in regulation slip away to Cleveland, which was missing six players with injuries but battled one of the NBA's teams for 50 minutes before running out of gas.