Hollis-Jefferson's double-double helps Nets defeat Suns
PHOENIX -- Brooklyn forward Rondae Hollis-Jefferson had a career-high 20-plus points and tied a career high with 13 rebounds for his first career double-double in the Nets' 122-104 victory over the Phoenix Suns at Talking Stick Resort Arena on Saturday.
Hollis-Jefferson, who hit two free throws during the Nets' game ending 20-4 run, had a season-high 13 rebounds.
Trevor Booker had 19 points and eight rebounds and Sean Kilpatrick and Joe Harris also had 19 points for the Nets (4-5), who won their first road game in four tries this season and have won three of five.
Reserve Harris had a career-high five 3-pointers as the Nets made 16-of-37 3-pointers.
T.J. Warren led the Suns (3-7) with 18 points Jared Dudley came off the bench to score 17 points, including four 3-pointers.
Suns rookie forward Marquese Chriss, who supplanted Dudley in the starting lineup the last three games, had a career-high 16 points and made two 3-pointers, his second and third of the season.
Devin Booker scored six straight points to get the Suns within two at 102-100 with 4:16 remaining, but the Nets scored the next 17 points to put the game away.
The Suns shot 37.4 percent from the field made 8 of 33 3-point attempts.
The Nets held Booker to 11 points and Eric Bledsoe to eight and a combined 6-of-26 from the floor. The two entered the game averaging a combined 40.8 points.
The Suns and Nets ranked 1-2 in pace of the play in the NBA this season and it showed in the first half, when the Suns had 56 field-goal attempts and the Nets had 42.
Brooklyn did not trail in the first half after Harris hit his first 3-pointer for a 20-19 lead with 3:24 remaining in the first quarter.
Hollis-Jefferson had six points of his 14 first-half points during the Nets' 12-4 run midway through the second quarter for a 46-34 lead.
The Nets stretched their lead to 57-41 when Harris made two free throws with 1:08 remaining before the Suns closed to 58-46 at halftime.
The Suns made 3-of-18 3-point attempts in the first half. With Harris making three, the Nets were 8-of-19.
NOTES: Brooklyn G Sean Kilpatrick made his second straight start at point guard because of injuries to G Jeremy Lin (hamstring) and G Isaiah Whitehead (concussion). "We scripted a lot of our offense so he will get more comfortable," coach Kenny Atkinson said. Kilpatrick was averaging a league-high 16.6 points off the bench. ... Suns C Tyson Chandler missed his third straight game to be with his family following the passing of his mother Tuesday afternoon. ... Phoenix C Alex Len (23 years old) started the last three games, and in those games the lineups featuring Len and rookie F Marquese Chriss (19), F T.J. Warren (23), G Devin Booker (20) and G Eric Bledsoe (26) -- the youngest unit in franchise history. ... The Suns begin a six-game road at Golden State on Sunday, one of two six-game trips this season. ... The Nets had at least 15 turnovers in each of their first eight games, the longest stretch to start a season in 10 years.