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Damion Lee added 16 points, eight rebounds and
three steals, and Alec Burks scored 13 points off the bench as
the Warriors extended their season-best winning streak to four
games. Golden State trailed by 12 after three quarters before
outscoring Phoenix 39-18 in the fourth quarter.
Glenn Robinson III registered 12 points and Draymond Green had
11 points, seven rebounds and three blocked shots for the
Warriors, who won just five of their first 29 games prior to the
winning streak.
Devin Booker scored 34 points but couldn't prevent the Suns from
losing their eighth straight game. Dario Saric added 11 points
and 10 rebounds, Ricky Rubio also scored 11 points and Frank
Kaminsky added 10.
Booker committed eight turnovers and Rubio had seven among the
team's 27. Golden State committed 11.
Phoenix led by 10 points with under nine minutes left when the
Warriors began their charge.
Russell knocked down a 22-footer to start the spurt, and Burks
later converted a three-point play to move Golden State within
86-81 with 6:46 left.
Burks' layup knotted the score at 89 with 4:52 remaining, and
Robinson hammered home a putback dunk to move the Warriors ahead
38 seconds later.
Burks' driving bank shot with 3:26 left gave Golden State a
95-89 lead.
Green drained a straight-away 3-pointer to make it 102-95 with
1:58 left. Russell added a layup to make it a nine-point margin
with 1:15 remaining, and the Warriors closed it out.
Golden State shot 41.3 percent from the field, including 9 of 27
from 3-point range.
Phoenix shot 46.7 percent and was 7 of 33 from behind the arc.
Booker scored 17 first-half points as the Suns held a 51-43 lead
at the break.
Booker scored five points in the first 48 seconds of the third
quarter as the lead reached 11. He later made two free throws to
push the lead to 62-49 with 8:32 left in the quarter.
Russell made two 3-pointers in an 11-2 spurt that saw the
Warriors move within 64-60 with 4:52 remaining. However, Phoenix
scored seven of the next eight points en route to taking a 78-66
advantage into the final stanza.
--Field Level Media
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