Orlando Magic vs Phoenix Suns Match Player Stats On Nov 10, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Nov 11, 2017

PHOENIX -- Aaron Gordon scored 22 points, Nikola Vucevic had 19 and the Orlando Magic blew open a see-saw game early in the fourth quarter to beat the slumping Phoenix Suns 128-112 on Friday night.

Terrence Ross and Jonathan Simmons added 17 each for the Magic, who are 8-4 and off to their best 12-game start since going 9-3 to start the 2011-12 season. The Magic are a perfect 4-0 against the Western Conference.

Alex Len had 21 points and 13 rebounds for Phoenix, TJ Warren had 20 and rookie Josh Jackson had a career-high 18 points for the Suns (4-9), who have lost five straight and the first three games of a seven-game homestand. They also lost forward Jared Dudley to a right knee sprain in the third quarter.

The Suns shot 56 percent in the first quarter but Orlando was even better, hitting 15 of 24 shots and 13 of 17 inside the 3-point line. All five starters had at least six points and the Magic led 36-32 after one.

Orlando pushed the lead to 43-34 on Shelvin Mack's layup with 10:18 left in the half before the Suns rallied. Guard Mike James hit back-to-back 3-pointers before Devin Booker fed Len for a fastbreak dunk to cap a 12-1 run that put Phoenix up 50-46 with 5:45 left.

Jackson, the fourth overall pick from Kansas, had 16 first-half points, 12 in the second quarter. His rebound of a James miss just before the halftime buzzer pulled Phoenix within 64-63 at the half.

Orlando took control with a 16-2 run to open the third quarter, with Gordon scoring eight points and Evan Fournier making it 82-67 on two free throws with 6:55 left.

The Suns answered with nine straight points of their own, with Dragan Bender's 3-pointer pulling Phoenix within 82-76 with 3:53 to go.

But the Magic came right back with seven straight and Simmons' jumper just before the buzzer restored the Orlando lead to 97-83.

Booker, Jackson and Phoenix coach Jay Triano were all called for technical fouls in the first two minutes of the fourth quarter and Orlando used a 16-5 run to stretch their lead to as many as 25 points.

NOTES: Phoenix C Tyson Chandler (back spasms) missed his second straight game. ... Orlando coach Frank Vogel said Magic G Elfrid Payton "was dealing with a lot of soreness" from a hamstring injury that has cost him eight of the last nine games. He gutted out 17 minutes. ... Suns G Mike James entered the game with 147 points, the most by a Phoenix rookie through 12 games since Michael Finley (181) in 1995-96. ... Orlando averaged 11.9 3-pointers per game and ranked second in 3-point percentage at 40.5 percent. Last season, the Magic were 29th at 32.8 percent.