PHOENIX (AP) Collin Sexton scored 30 points and the Chicago Bulls held off the Phoenix Suns 105-103 on Thursday night for their second victory in three games following an 11-game losing streak.
Down 12 with under six minutes left, Phoenix pulled to 104-103 on Devin Booker’s 3-pointer with 23 seconds left.
Jalen Green had a chance to give the Suns’ their first lead, but missed a running layup, with Phoenix’s Amir Coffey fouling Nick Richards with 4.1 seconds to go. Richards made the first free throw and missed the second, with a scramble for the rebound running out the clock.
Tre Jones added 21 points and Guerschon Yabusele had 16 for Chicago in the opener of a five-game trip. The Bulls were without Matas Buzelis and Josh Giddey after they injured ankles in a home loss to Oklahoma City on Tuesday night.
Booker led Phoenix with 27 points in his second game after missing four because of a right hip injury. Grayson Allen added 21 points. Green had 12 points on 5-of-20 shooting. He was 1 of 8 from 3-point range.
Seventh in the West, Phoenix had won two straight. The Suns are without Dillon Brooks because of a fractured left hand.
Bulls: At Sacramento on Saturday night
Suns: Host New Orleans on Friday night.
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| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| C. Sexton | 30 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| T. Jones | 21 | 6 | 5 | 0 |
| G. Yabusele | 16 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| L. Miller | 8 | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| I. Okoro | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| R. Dillingham | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| N. Richards | 9 | 11 | 1 | 5 |
| L. Olbrich | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Y. Kawamura | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| M. McClung | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 105 | 46 | 23 | 22 |
| STARTERS | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| D. Booker | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| J. Green | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| O. Ighodaro | 10 | 9 | 4 | 2 |
| C. Gillespie | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
| R. O’Neale | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| BENCH | PTS | REB | AST | PF |
| G. Allen | 21 | 2 | 8 | 3 |
| A. Coffey | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| R. Dunn | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| R. Fleming | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| K. Maluach | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| I. Livers | – | – | – | – |
| J. Bouyea | – | – | – | – |
| H. Highsmith | – | – | – | – |
| K. Brea | – | – | – | – |
| C. Huntley | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 103 | 48 | 24 | 19 |