Back from injury, six for seven
Jordan Goodwin had sat out four games with a right calf problem. He needed 14 minutes to make up for lost time.
The guard came off the bench in Phoenix overnight, hit six of his seven three-point attempts and finished with 18 points as the Suns crushed the Los Angeles Clippers 133-110. His sixth make pushed the lead to 99-69 late in the third quarter, and by then the contest was long over.
Phoenix went 22 of 43 from beyond the arc, 51.2 percent. Their previous season best was 18. Devin Booker added 17 points, and the Suns rested all five starters for the whole fourth quarter.
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The bench does the damage
This was a reserves’ night. Luke Kennard scored a season-high 14, Khaman Maluach posted 11 points and seven rebounds, and Ryan Dunn chipped in 10 points and eight boards. Phoenix finished with 81 bench points, another season high, and their widest winning margin of the campaign.
Jalen Green had 13 and Collin Gillespie 12, with Gillespie’s four threes including a buzzer-beater with two-tenths of a second left in the first half for a 64-47 lead. The Suns closed the opening quarter on a 13-0 run and opened the third with a 22-9 burst. They also beat the Clippers 49-37 on the glass, notable for a team that had outrebounded only one of its first nine opponents.
A quick bounce back
The timing mattered. Phoenix had been beaten by 26 at home by San Antonio on Monday. One night later they have won three of their last four and sit 3-2 on a seven-game homestand.
The Clippers came in off a win over New Orleans that ended a seven-game losing run. That relief lasted two days. Darius Garland and Rui Hachimura scored 13 apiece, Max Strus added 12, and none of it came close.
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