Payback time as Booker's clutch basket silences Thunder

Devin Booker hit the game-winning three-pointer in the final second as the Phoenix Suns rallied to silence the NBA champions Oklahoma City Thunder 108-105.

The Suns erased an early 18-point deficit to avenge the worst defeat in team history – a 138-89 loss to the league-leading Thunder in last month’s NBA Cup quarter-finals.

Booker finished with 24 points and nine assists while Dillon Brooks added 22 for Phoenix, who got a career-high 26 points off the bench from Jordan Goodwin.

Brooks hit a three-pointer over Shai Gilgeous-Alexander to give Phoenix a 105-101 lead with 36 seconds remaining, but

Oklahoma City tied it at 105-105 with 8.2 seconds left before Booker connected.

Gilgeous-Alexander scored 25 points for the Thunder, whose 30-6 record remains the best in the league.

Elsewhere, Cade Cunningham scored 27 points  as the Eastern Conference leaders  Detroit Pistons beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-110.

AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE