Blazers beat Suns, top pick Ayton in preseason game

Jusuf Nurkic had 16 points and nine rebounds as Portland beat Phoenix 115-93 in a battle with No. 1 overall pick DeAndre Ayton in an NBA preseason game Friday at Phoenix.

Ayton led Phoenix with 19 points and 14 rebounds in 23 minutes.

Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum each played 21 minutes. McCollum had nine points, seven rebounds and five assists and Lillard scored eight points.

Jake Layman made all four of his field goals for 13 points.

Trail Blazers 115, Suns 93

PORTLAND (115) — Layman 4-4 3-5 13, Aminu 3-7 2-2 9, Nurkic 4-12 8-9 16, Lillard 2-7 4-4 8, McCollum 4-9 1-2 9, Swanigan 0-3 4-4 4, Leonard 3-4 0-0 7, Oliver 0-0 0-0 0, Collins 4-4 1-1 10, Onuaku 2-3 0-0 4, Curry 4-6 3-3 12, Simons 0-3 3-4 3, Turner 5-8 0-0 10, Trent Jr. 1-5 0-0 2, Stauskas 1-3 2-2 5, Baldwin IV 0-2 3-3 3, Payton II 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 37-81 34-39 115.

PHOENIX (93) — Ariza 4-8 0-0 10, Anderson 1-5 5-5 7, Ayton 7-13 5-6 19, Okobo 1-4 0-0 3, Jackson 4-19 1-2 9, King 1-3 0-0 3, Warren 2-2 0-0 4, Holmes 0-2 0-0 0, Bender 2-3 5-7 10, Chandler 1-2 0-0 2, Melton 4-7 0-0 10, Canaan 4-8 0-0 11, Harrison 0-0 0-0 0, Reed 1-5 0-0 2, Daniels 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 33-85 16-20 93.

Portland 30 21 35 29—115

Phoenix 18 24 15 36— 93

3-Point Goals—Portland 7-20 (Layman 2-2, Leonard 1-1, Collins 1-1, Aminu 1-2, Stauskas 1-2, Curry 1-3, Swanigan 0-1, Trent Jr. 0-1, Nurkic 0-1, Simons 0-2, McCollum 0-2, Lillard 0-2), Phoenix 11-32 (Canaan 3-5, Melton 2-3, Ariza 2-3, King 1-2, Okobo 1-2, Bender 1-2, Daniels 1-3, Reed 0-2, Anderson 0-3, Jackson 0-7). Fouled Out—None. Rebounds—Portland 44 (Nurkic 9), Phoenix 44 (Ayton 14). Assists—Portland 26 (McCollum, Lillard 5), Phoenix 20 (Jackson 7). Total Fouls—Portland 16, Phoenix 31. Technicals—Phoenix coach Suns (Defensive three second) 2. A—11,811 (18,422).