Trail Blazers 121-119 Suns (3 February 2025) Game ReCAPT

Portland, Ore .– Deandre Ayton had 25 points and 20 rebounds, and the Portland Trail Blazers angled Phoenix Sun’s 121-119 on overtime Monday night to their fourth win in a row.

Deni Avdija scored 24 points for Portland, who also beat Phoenix 127-108 on Saturday night. Toumani Camara made five 3-Pointers and scored 17 points.

Blazers had a 120-117 lead when Avdija buried Devin booker on a 3-pointer with 4.4 seconds left. Booker made the first two free kicks, but missed the third that Ayton grabbed his 20th rebound.

Anfee Simons had 13 points and 10 assists for Portland.

Booker scored 34 points while becoming the franchise’s career scoring leader. Kevin Durant had 27 points for Suns, and Bradley Beal ended with 25.

A setup of Beal cut Blazers’ lead to 116-115 with 32.6 seconds left over overtime. On Portland’s next possession, Ayton got two offensive rebounds and made two bad shots with 7.8 seconds left. Ayton was buried again with 5.5 seconds left and made both free kicks.

Royce O’Neales 3-Pointer for Suns with 1.7 seconds left in regulation tied it to 107.

Takeaways

Suns: Booker Bread Walter Davis’ Suns scoring record of 15,666 points. “The city loves Devin,” coach Mike Budenholzer said of Booker’s connection to the franchise and the region.

Blazers: Winners of eight of nine overall blazers play some of their best basketball in several seasons.

Keying moment

Ayton went five of six from the line in the last seven seconds of overtime.

Key State

Portland Outscorated Suns 21-12 in quick points.

Up next

Suns visits Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday. Trail Blazers hosts Indiana Pacers Tuesday.

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