Published September 18, 2015
Markieff Morris scored 18 points to lead six Phoenix players in double figures and the Suns held on to beat the Boston Celtics 100-94 on Wednesday night.
Goran Dragic and Gerald Green added 17 points apiece for Phoenix. Channing Frye had 15, among them a crucial 3-pointer with 1:20 left.
Markieff's twin brother, Marcus, scored 10 of his 11 in the second half, including a 32-footer at the third-quarter buzzer. P.J. Tucker had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Suns, who took the lead for good with a 17-0 second-half run, then used free throws to hold off the Celtics at the end.
Rajon Rondo had 18 points and 10 assists for the Celtics. Brandon Bass also had 18 and Jeff Green added 17 points.
Boston played for the first time since the All-Star break. The Suns were coming off a 112-107 overtime win at Denver on Tuesday night.
The Suns took the lead for good by scoring the final 12 of the third quarter and first five of the fourth, going up 71-61 on Marcus Morris' dunk with 9:45 to play.
Boston, though, came back, and Kelly Olynyk's 3-pointer from the corner cut Phoenix's lead to 88-86 with 3:59 to play. Phoenix made four of six free throws to make it 92-86, then Gerald Wallace's two free throws sliced the lead to 92-88.
Frye made a 3, the Suns' first field goal in 5:07, and Phoenix led 95-88 with 1:20 to play.
It was Phoenix's only field goal in the last 6:27.
Jeff Green's two free throws with 30 seconds to play cut it to 97-94. Dragic missed a reverse layup and Boston got the ball with 23 seconds to go. But rather than try for a game-tying 3, the Celtics went for two. Rondo missed a driving layup and Jared Sullinger couldn't score on the rebound, then Gerald Green put it away with two free throws with 10.9 seconds to go.
The Celtics outscored Phoenix 16-4 to start the second half to lead 66-56, but the Suns got the last dozen of the quarter, capped by Marcus Morris' long one at the buzzer.
The Suns never trailed in the first half but were up only 52-50 at the break.
In the first half, the Celtics scored 18 points off 14 turnovers, the Suns just two points off eight Boston turnovers.
Phoenix had only four turnovers in the second half to Boston's six.
Notes: The Celtics opened a four-game road trip. ... Green's 36 points at Denver were the most by a Phoenix player this season. ... Phoenix matched its season best of 11 games above .500. ... Boston fell to 4-19 against the Western Conference. ... Bass, who didn't score in the fourth quarter, fell two shy of his season high. ... Sullinger limped off with a twisted ankle with 10.9 seconds to play.
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