76ers 111, Suns 104
PHOENIX -- Philadelphia guard Isaiah Canaan scored 22 points and reserve guard Nick Stauskas had 17 as the 76ers won their first road game of the season with a 111-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns at the Gila River Arena on Saturday.
Point guard Ish Smith had 14 points and five assists in his first game with 76ers since being acquired from New Orleans on Thursday, and reserve forward Carl Landry had 16 points for the Sixers (2-30) in their 19th road game.
Guard Brandon Knight had 21 points for the Suns, who lost point guard and leading scorer Eric Bledsoe to what was diagnosed as a left knee sprain with 7:40 remaining in the second quarter. He was to undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the injury, the Suns said.
Bledsoe leads the Suns with a 20.4 scoring average and was 15th in the league in scoring entering the game. He missed 33 games in 2013-14 season after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair torn meniscus in his right knee.
The 76ers' only other victory came Dec. 1 against the Los Angeles Lakers, 103-91.
Canaan made four 3-pointers and Stauskas made three as the 76ers were 12-of-27 from 3-point range.
Stauskas had eight points, including two 3-pointers in the final two minutes of the third quarter, as the 76ers scored the final 12 points of the period for an 85-75 lead.
The 76ers stretched their lead to 97-81 when forward Hollis Thompson hit his third 3-pointer with seven minutes left in the game.
Reserve guard Devin Booker had 19 points and forward Jon Leuer had 14 points and nine rebounds for the Suns (12-20), who have lost four in a row and six of their last seven.
The Suns got within six points twice in the final minutes, the last on center Tyson Chandler's follow slam with 1:27 remaining to make it 108-102, but did not score again until Booker's layup with two seconds remaining.
Philadelphia center Nerlens Noel had 14 points and 11 rebounds.
The 76ers went on a 20-4 run fueled by seven points from Canaan to pull away from a 6-6 tie. The Suns trailed 29-15 after the first quarter and never were closer than four points in the first half.
The Suns' biggest lead was three, 73-70, when forward P.J. Tucker made a three-point play with 3:27 left in the third quarter.
NOTES: Philadelphia G Ish Smith missed the morning shootaround but arrived in Phoenix in time to start his first game since being acquired from New Orleans for two draft choices on Christmas Eve. Smith played 26 games with the 76ers last season. "We'll inch him back into this," coach Brett Brown said. ... Suns F Markieff Morris served the first game of his two-game, team-imposed suspension for throwing a towel at coach Jeff Hornacek when he was removed with 9:47 remaining in a 104-96 loss to Denver on Wednesday. Morris also will miss a home game against Cleveland on Monday. ... 76ers C Jahlil Okafor (right knee) missed the game and was replaced in the starting lineup by F Jerami Grant, with PF Nerlens Noel sliding into the center spot. ... Suns F P.J. Tucker returned to the lineup after coming off the bench the last two games. F P.J. Warren returned to a reserve role. ... 76ers assistant coach Mike D'Antoni, a former Suns head coach, was on the Philadelphia bench for the first time since being hired last week.