Devin Booker scored 37 points, Bradley Beal added 26 and the Phoenix Suns rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the Los Angeles Clippers 124-108 on Wednesday night.
The victory was payback for the Suns after they were embarrassed in the first quarter the previous night in Phoenix. That's when the Clippers led 35-4 and went ahead by 37 in the second quarter before the Suns got close only to lose 105-92.The result Wednesday locked Golden State and Los Angeles Lakers into the play-in tournament. The Suns are seventh in the West, a half-game behind New Orleans for the sixth and final guaranteed playoff spot.
They know their first-round playoff opponent will be Dallas, which beat Miami earlier Wednesday to set up the matchup.The Clippers started their second unit while Kawhi Leonard , Paul George , James Harden and Ivica Zubac along with reserve Russell Westbrook had the night off. Leonard missed his sixth straight game.The teams each scored 37 points in the third, with Amir Coffey scoring five in a row to send the Clippers into the fourth leading 93-92.
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