PHOENIX (AP) Donovan Clingan had 23 points, 13 rebounds and four blocked shots to lead the Portland Trail Blazers past the short-handed Phoenix Suns, 92-77 on Sunday night.
Jerami Grant also scored 23 points on 9-of-13 shooting. The Trail Blazers bounced back from an ugly 157-103 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday and have won five of their past seven.
Portland built a 20-point lead by late in the third quarter and settled for a 71-57 advantage heading into the fourth. Collin Gillespie hit two 3-pointers to cut it to 80-69 with 7:36 left but Grant responded with a 3 to turn back the rally.
Gillespie led Phoenix with 18 points, and Jalen Green had 13. Coming off a 113-110 double-overtime win over Orlando at home Saturday, the Suns shot just 36.9% from the field and the 77 points were a season low.
It was a sloppy game for both teams – the Blazers had 21 turnovers and the Suns had 19.
Portland took a 47-40 lead into halftime after Phoenix shot just 2 of 19 (10.5%) from 3-point range. Grant led the Blazers with 12 points before the break.
Portland lost leading scorer Deni Avdija after just one minute after the All-Star aggravated a lower back injury. Avdija – who has been battling low back issues for several weeks – was listed as questionable coming into the game.
The Suns were missing a big chunk of their regular rotation, including All-Star guard Devin Booker (hip strain), forward Dillon Brooks (fractured hand), guard Grayson Allen (knee/ankle) and guard Jordan Goodwin (calf).
The four players are averaging more than 70 points per game combined.
Trail Blazers: Host Minnesota on Tuesday night.
Suns: Host Boston on Tuesday night.
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D. Clingan C | 23PTS | 12REB | 3AST | |
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C. Gillespie SG | 18PTS | 3REB | 3AST | |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| J. Grant | 23 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| D. Clingan | 23 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| T. Camara | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Holiday | 6 | 5 | 7 | 1 |
| D. Avdija | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| S. Henderson | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| K. Murray | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Williams III | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| M. Thybulle | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| B. Wesley | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| S. Cissoko | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| V. Krejci | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Rupert | – | – | – | – |
| Y. Hansen | – | – | – | – |
| C. Love | – | – | – | – |
| J. Cooke | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 92 | 47 | 23 | 11 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Gillespie | 18 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| J. Green | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| M. Williams | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Dunn | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| R. O’Neale | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| A. Coffey | 8 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| J. Bouyea | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| K. Maluach | 7 | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| R. Fleming | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| O. Ighodaro | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| K. Brea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| I. Livers | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| G. Allen | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 77 | 41 | 16 | 16 |