US EditionRoyce O’Neale hits last-second 3 to lift short-handed Suns over Lakers, 113
- With less than one second remaining, Royce O'Neale, Suns wing, made a 3‑pointer to give Phoenix a 113-110 win Thursday in Phoenix.
- Short‑handed and slumping, Phoenix entered Thursday's game missing Devin Booker and averaging 101.7 points over 10 games.
- The Suns shot 22 of 50 from deep and benefitted from 15 offensive rebounds, with Allen and Gillespie each scoring 28 and 21 points respectively.
- The Lakers sit sixth in the Western Conference, one game ahead of Phoenix, which now owns the head‑to‑head tiebreaker after a 3-1 season series, amid questions about Coach JJ Redick's lineup.
- After O'Neale's layup and LeBron's putback, the Lakers tied at 110 with 22.7 seconds left, but Austin Reaves missed a clean look as the final buzzer sounded.
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The Los Angeles Lakers suffered their third consecutive loss in the NBA in Phoenix. The Slovenian ace scored 41 points.
The Los Angeles Lakers lost to the weakened Phoenix Suns on Friday night for the third time in a row (113:110). Royce O'Neale's three-pointer with nine-tenths of a second left gave the Lakers coach JJ Redick new cause for concern. Slovenian star Luka Dončić was by far the most effective player in the game with 41 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.
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Lakers can’t slow depleted Suns, lose on last-second 3-pointer
PHOENIX — Fewer than 48 hours after faltering down the stretch in a frustrating loss, the Lakers trailed the short-handed Phoenix Suns by 12 points with less than seven minutes left. Yes, those Suns – a team that had scored the fewest points per game in the NBA over its past 10 games (101.7), while shooting a league-worst 41% from the field over that stretch. Those Suns – who were without their top two scorers, All-Star guard Devin Booker (hip s…
Royce O’Neale’s late 3 caps Suns’ rally, sinks Lakers
Royce O'Neale made a 3-pointer with 1.7 seconds remaining as the host Phoenix Suns overcame a 13-point second-half deficit for a 113-110 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday.O'Neale gave the Suns a 110-108 lead on the previous possession before LeBron James' tip-in tied it with 22.7 seconds remaining. The Suns played for one shot, and Grayson Allen drove the lane and kicked it to Collin Gillespie, who found O'Neale wide open on the le…
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