PORTLAND — Devin Booker scored 33 points, Kelly Oubre Jr. had 29 and the Phoenix Suns rallied past the Portland Trail Blazers 122-116 on Monday night.
After trailing by 19, the Suns roared back to win their second consecutive game and hand Portland its fourth straight defeat.
A 3-pointer by Oubre gave Phoenix a 120-114 lead with 43.8 seconds left. After the shot, Oubre blew kisses to the Blazers crowd.
Ricky Rubio added 18 points and 13 assists for the Suns.
Damian Lillard had 33 points and CJ McCollum scored 25 for Portland. Hassan Whiteside had 16 points and 22 rebounds.
Lillard’s four-point play gave the Blazers a 24-13 lead with 4:37 left in the first quarter. Lillard hit his first five 3s and scored 16 points in the opening period.
Portland led by 19 multiple times, but Phoenix went on an 8-0 run to close the first half down 64-55. The Blazers were up 89-83 after three.
Oubre’s 3-pointer cut Portland’s advantage to 108-107 with 3:31 left, and a tip-in by Deandre Ayton gave Phoenix its first lead since the opening quarter with 2:48 remaining. Booker’s jumper put Phoenix up 115-110.
A three-point play by Lillard cut it to 115-113 with 1:13 to go, but Booker answered with a left-handed layup to make it 117-113.
Lillard’s layup cut the Suns’ lead to 120-116 with 38 seconds remaining.
Second-year wing Gary Trent Jr. scored all 11 of his points in the first half, including three 3-pointers. Anfernee Simons also gave Portland a boost off the bench with 12 points.
The Blazers sustained yet another injury to their frontcourt when Skal Labissiere injured his right knee against the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday. Results of an MRI on Labissiere were inconclusive, but the Blazers have ruled him out for their upcoming five-game road trip. The Blazers called up two-way player Moses Brown from the G-League. Portland coach Terry Stotts expects 3-point specialist Anthony Tolliver to play more at center.
