Devin Booker scored 27 points to lead the Phoenix Suns past the Dallas Mavericks 128-102 on Thursday to keep alive their suddenly faint hopes of extending their season.
Phoenix has done just about everything it can to put itself in position for a spot in the Western Conference play-in game scheduled this weekend.
The Suns are 8-0 now, the only undefeated team in the NBA's bubble, but that perfect showing may not mean anything if the result of the Portland-Brooklyn game later in the day doesn't go their way. Owing to a tiebreaker with Phoenix, Memphis advanced to the play-in after the Grizzlies beat Milwaukee.San Antonio, a fourth team that was eyeing to reach the playoffs, was eliminated after the victories by the Grizzlies and the Suns.
The 8th- and 9th-place finishers in the West will battle this weekend in a 1- or 2-game play-in series on Saturday and, if necessary, Sunday. The 8th-place finisher must win only one game, while the 9th-place finisher must win both. The winner of the play-in will face the top-seeded Los Angeles Lakers in the traditional first round of the playoffs.
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