Suns lean on Len in 92-87 win over Magic
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Alex Len had 17 points and 12 rebounds to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 92-87 victory over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night at the Amway Center.
The Suns (5-11) finished their six-game road trip with just their second victory.
Suns guard Eric Bledsoe had 16 points, nine rebounds and five assists. Brandon Knight added 12 points and Devin Booker 11. Marquese Chriss and P.J. Tucker each scored 10 points.
The Magic were led by Evan Fournier with 25 points. Center Nikola Vucevic had 21 points and a game-high 13 rebounds. He scored eight points in the fourth quarter.
The Suns never trailed in the fourth quarter, although the Magic (6-9) stay close throughout the second half.
Knight hit a 3-pointer for the 88-80 lead with 1:42 left. The Suns had six turnovers in the first six minutes of the fourth quarter but never lost the lead or their composure. Tucker scored for the 76-73 advantage and Bledsoe hit a 3-pointer for the 79-75 lead.
The Suns led 68-66 going into the fourth quarter. Chriss hit a 3-pointer for a 63-57 lead midway in the third quarter, capping a 9-0 run. The Magic led by as many as four points in the quarter.
The Suns led 46-44 at halftime, riding a well-balanced attack with 10 players scoring at least three points apiece. Len had eight points and seven rebounds by intermission. P.J. Tucker also had eight points.
Fournier led everyone in the first half with 14 points when he hit five of his 10 shots from the field and two of his three 3-point attempts.
The Magic made only 17 of 49 shots from the floor in the opening two quarters.
The Suns led by as many as 12 points midway in the second quarter when they scored 10 consecutive points, including 3-pointers by Jared Dudley and Tucker.
NOTES: Suns C Tyson Chandler missed his fourth consecutive game since the death of his mother. ... Magic owner Rich DeVos is the proud father-in-law of Betsy DeVos, who was selected Wednesday to be Secretary of Education in President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet. ... The Suns were finishing a six-game road trip Wednesday night, having lost four of the previous five games. They played their 11th road game of the season, most in the NBA. ... Magic C Nikola Vucevic, who averaged a team-high 18.2 points last season, came into the game mired in a career-worst scoring slump, even though he remains in the starting lineup. In the previous six games, he averaged just 6.7 points while shooting 26.4 percent from the field. He is averaging just 10.7 points this season. ... Suns SF T.J. Warren was sick and missed his third consecutive game. ... The Suns beat the Magic in the three previous meetings in Orlando. ... The up-tempo Suns lead the NBA in pace this season, averaging 104.8 possessions in 48 minutes.