Trail Blazers 106, Suns 96
PHOENIX -- Portland guard CJ McCollum scored 26 points and Trail Blazers used a 13-0 run late in the fourth quarter for a 106-96 victory over the Phoenix Suns on Friday at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
McCollum had five points and one of his five 3-pointers and guard Damian Lillard and forward Al-Farouq Aminu hit 3-pointers in the run to break out of a tie at 89.
Lillard's 3-pointer gave the Blazers a 102-89 lead with 3:12 remaining as the Blazers (10-14) broke a two-game losing streak and beat the Suns for the first time in three meetings.
Reserve guard Allen Crabbe tied his season-high with 18 points and made two of the Blazers' 12 3-pointers.
Phoenix guard Eric Bledsoe scored 31 points for the Suns (10-14), who had a two-game winning streak broken.
Suns reserve forward Mirza Teletovic had 15 points and center Alex Len had 13 points and eight rebounds. Teletovic made 4-of-10 3-pointers, the sixth time in the last eight games he has made at least three.
The Suns missed four field goal attempts and had a turnover during the Blazers' deciding run.
Phoenix guard Brandon Knight, covered primarily by McCallum, missed all 12 of his field goal attempts, including eight 3-pointers. He scored one point, on a free throw after a technical foul on Portland for illegal defense with 7:34 remaining in the game.
Aminu had his third double-double of the season with 13 points and 13 rebounds. Aminu, averaging 10.8 points a game, has scored 45 points in the three games against the Suns this season has two double-doubles against them.
The Suns won the first two games of the season series by 18 and 11 points in back-to-back games Oct. 30-31. The teams do not play again this season.
Bledsoe had 10 points of his points in the third quarter and averaged 28.3 points against Blazers this season.
The Suns finished the third quarter on a 15-5 run fueled by five points from Bledsoe for a 82-78 lead entering the fourth quarter.
McCollum's 3-pointer with six minutes remaining gave the Blazers a 92-89 lead, starting the run. He was 10-of-15 from the field, 5-of-8 on 3-pointers.
NOTES: Suns C Tyson Chandler (right hamstring) missed his eighth straight game. He was ruled out after pregame tests. The Suns play Minnesota on Sunday afternoon. ... The Suns and the Trail Blazers are two of the five NBA teams with two players averaging at least 19 points per game. All are guards -- Phoenix's Eric Bledsoe and Brandon Knight and Portland's Damian Lillard and CJ McCollum. Lillard and departed LaMarcus Aldridge did that the previous three seasons. McCollum scored at least 15 points in each of the Blazers' first 17 games. ... The Suns' previous seven games were decided by five points or less, a franchise record, according to Elias. ... Suns F Jon Leuer started his sixth straight game in place of F Markieff Morris, who missed Wednesday's game with a sinus infection. Morris played seven minutes in his previous three games.