NBA: Devin Booker leads Suns past Magic with sharp shooting

Devin Booker scored 30 points and made a season-high four 3-pointers, Dillon Brooks added 24 points and four treys, and the host Phoenix Suns beat the Orlando Magic 117-104 on Thursday to snap a four-game losing streak.

Miles Bridges had 18 points and a season-high 13 rebounds for his second double-double, while reserve Luke Kennard scored a season-high 12 points for the Suns, who have split the first two games of a season-long seven-game homestand.

The Suns made 17 of 34 3-point attempts, one shy of their season high. Bridges and Kennard each made three, and Collin Gillespie added two.

Wendell Carter Jr. had 27 points and 13 rebounds, while Franz Wagner recorded 15 points, 15 assists and eight rebounds for the Magic, who have lost three straight.

The Suns took control with a 29-16 run to close the third quarter, building a 96-73 lead that grew to 30 points on Gillespie's 3-pointer with nine minutes remaining in the fourth.

Brooks made two 3-pointers, while Booker and Bridges each added one during the third-quarter run. Phoenix's previous largest lead of the season was 17 points in a loss to Golden State on Monday.

Tristan Da Silva scored 18 points, Desmond Bane added 15 and Anthony Black contributed 10 points, seven rebounds and six assists after missing the previous game.

With Kennard and Ryan Dunn (11 points) leading the way, the Suns finished with 37 bench points.

Phoenix altered its starting lineup for the first time this season, inserting Oso Ighodaro at center in place of Khaman Maluach. The Suns entered the game last in the league with a minus-6.80 rebounding differential.

Orlando held a 48-33 rebounding advantage but committed 25 turnovers that led to 36 Phoenix points.

Booker scored 12 points and made two 3-pointers in the first quarter, when the Suns turned a six-point deficit into a 33-26 lead by the end of the period.

Kennard's layup early in the second quarter pushed the lead to 12, and Booker maintained that margin with his third 3-pointer of the half in the final two seconds for a 63-51 advantage.

The Suns recorded 16 assists on their first 19 baskets and finished with 30 assists.

The Magic, still without point guard Jalen Suggs, committed 12 turnovers in the first half. Suggs missed his fourth consecutive game with an ankle injury.

-Field Level Media/Reuters