Booker scores 30 and hits late 3 as Suns hold off Hornets

Devin Booker scored 30 points and hit a 3-pointer with 28 seconds left as the Phoenix Suns beat the Charlotte Hornets 101-96 on Thursday night.

Booker’s 3 gave Phoenix a 97-91 lead, but Charlotte’s Royce O’Neale cut the margin to two with a four-point play. Miles Bridges made two free throws and Booker added two more after a steal. Booker finished with seven assists and three steals.

Bridges had 11 points and six rebounds in his first game against Charlotte. Phoenix has won four of five since a 1-5 start. Coby White led the Hornets with 21 points.

File photo. Devin Booker at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 3, 2024. Clément Bardot/Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0.