PHOENIX (AP) Bradley Beal scored 25 points, Kevin Durant added 23 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Atlanta Hawks 123-115 on Thursday night.
Beal – still adjusting to his new role coming off the bench – shot 11 of 16 from the field in one of his most efficient games this season. Devin Booker added 20 points and 12 assists despite shooting 0 of 8 from 3-point range.
Beal made a driving layup just before the third quarter buzzer to give the Suns a 98-92 lead heading into the fourth.
Grayson Allen, who scored 23, hit his fifth 3-pointer to give the Suns a 120-105 lead with 3:26 left. The Hawks scored the next 10 points but Allen sealed it with a tough layup in traffic with 36 seconds left.
Trae Young led the Hawks with 21 points and seven assists. Seven Atlanta players scored in double figures.
The Suns took a 38-31 lead in the first quarter after shooting 75% from the field, but the Hawks rallied with their own hot-shooting quarter to take a 72-68 advantage by halftime.
Hawks: Atlanta falls back to .500 for the season after struggling to stop the Suns’ offense. The Hawks – who have dropped four of their last five games – missed forward Jalen Johnson, who missed a third straight game with right shoulder inflammation.
Suns: Phoenix has won two of its past three as it tries to shake a slump that’s lasted nearly two months. The Suns have a lot of work to do, but now that their Big 3 are healthy, they have a chance to gain some momentum.
Durant, Tyus Jones and Allen hit three straight 3s to give the Suns a 120-105 lead with 4:03 left.
The Suns shot 57.6% from the field.
Hawks host Rockets on Saturday; Jazz host Suns on Saturday.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| T. Young | 21 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| D. Daniels | 13 | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| V. Krejci | 12 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
| C. Capela | 10 | 11 | 2 | 4 |
| Z. Risacher | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Bogdanovic | 17 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| D. Hunter | 12 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| D. Roddy | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| O. Okongwu | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| G. Mathews | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Gueye | – | – | – | – |
| D. Barlow | – | – | – | – |
| D. Plowden | – | – | – | – |
| K. Wallace | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 115 | 32 | 32 | 19 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| K. Durant | 23 | 2 | 7 | 1 |
| D. Booker | 20 | 3 | 12 | 2 |
| T. Jones | 16 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| R. Dunn | 6 | 7 | 0 | 4 |
| M. Plumlee | 2 | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| B. Beal | 25 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| G. Allen | 23 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| J. Okogie | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Ighodaro | 4 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| M. Morris | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| D. Lee | – | – | – | – |
| T. Washington Jr. | – | – | – | – |
| C. Gillespie | – | – | – | – |
| B. Bol | – | – | – | – |
| J. Bridges | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 123 | 42 | 33 | 15 |