Miami Heat vs Phoenix Suns Match Player Stats On Nov 08, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 8, 2017

PHOENIX -- Goran Dragic had 29 points and nine rebounds and Dion Waiters scored five of his 16 points in the final 2:02 to give the Miami Heat a 126-115 win over the Phoenix Suns on Wednesday night.

Hassan Whitehead added 23 points and 10 rebounds for the Heat, who have won 17 of the last 19 meetings with the Suns, including nine of the last 10 at Talking Stick Resort Arena.

Wayne Ellington and James Johnson had 15 points each and Justise Winslow had 14 for Miami.

Devin Booker had nine of his game-high 30 points in the fourth quarter and cut a 16-point deficit to six at 112-106 on a 17-foot jumper with 2:53 left. But Waiters followed a jumper with a 3-pointer with 1:33 left to make it 117-106 the Heat and lock down the game.

Mike James had 18 points and TJ Warren 16 for the Suns (4-8), who have lost four in a row.

Miami shot 60 percent from the field in the first half, jumping out to a 10-2 lead less than three minutes in and leading by as many as 13. Dragic had 11 of his 17 first-half points.

Ellington had seven points off the bench to open the second quarter and the Heat, who outrebounded the Suns 28-14 in the half, opened their lead to 47-31 on a Waiters layup with 9:08 left.

The Suns pulled within eight points when Booker hit a 3-pointer with 2:23 left. But the Heat scored the final seven points of the half, with a 3-pointer by Waiters with 10.8 seconds to go extending the lead back to 69-54 at intermission.

The teams were a combined 17 of 33 from 3-point range in the first half.

The Suns got back into the game with a 32-point third quarter and pulled within 92-86 on a Jared Dudley 3-pointer with 1:20 left. Dudley had 13 points off the bench.

The Heat regained control with a 7-0 run to open the fourth quarter, but the Suns rallied one more time before Waiters sealed it.

NOTES: Miami G Tyler Johnson sat out the game (concussion protocol). "He's just not feeling well. It started yesterday," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. ... Spoelstra continues to juggle his starting lineup, with F Justise Winslow replacing Okaro White. ... Phoenix C Tyson Chandler missed the game with back spasms. Alex Len made his first start of the year. ... Suns C Greg Monroe, acquired in the Eric Bledsoe trade from the Milwaukee Bucks, is expected to be in Arizona on Thursday. He is currently out with a calf strain. Miami came into the game allowing 16.7 second-chance points, the most in the NBA. ... Phoenix won the first 16 meetings with the Heat in the series. Since then, the Suns are 16-25.