Suns, Jazz, Pacers win in wild finishes
Crazy Sunday sees 3 buzzer- beaters
Phoenix Suns rookie Tyler Ulis and Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert shared the limelight on Sunday with a pair of stunning buzzer- beaters to lift their NBA Western Conference clubs to victory.
Gobert’s tip- in game winner in overtime was originally ruled no good, but was counted after a video review, and the Jazz defeated the host Sacramento Kings 110109.
Ulis scored a career- high 20 points, including a walk- off three- pointer from the right side as time expired to give the Suns a 109- 106 victory over the Boston Celtics.
Gobert finished with 24 rebounds, the last one on a tip of a missed shot.
“I was at the right place at the right time. I didn’t know how much time was left, but I saw [ George Hill] go off to the left side, and I just tried to go get it,” Gobert said.
Willie Cauley- Stein made two free throws with eight seconds left to put the Kings ahead 109- 108.
Following a timeout, Jazz guard Hill’s jump shot fell short, but Gobert reached up and tapped it home. The referee originally ruled that Gobert’s tip came after the final buzzer but reversed the call.
Gobert finished with 16 points and Rod- ney Hood had a team- high 28 points.
Gordon Hayward added 23 points as the Jazz won their second straight game and improved to 39- 24 on the season.
Ty Lawson scored 19 points and hit a series of big shots to pace the Kings, who lost their fourth straight.
In Phoenix, Ulis made eight of 12 fieldgoal attempts and added five assists.
Eric Bledsoe tied the game on a layup with four seconds remaining, and after Marquese Chriss slapped ball away from Isaiah Thomas on the inbounds play, it rolled right to Ulis.
Bledsoe had 28 points, Devin Booker had 16, TJ Warren had 14 and rookie Chriss had 10 points as the Suns won three games in a row for the first time this season.
Thomas had 35 points, and Jae Crowder contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds for the Celtics.
Elsewhere, there was another wild finish in Atlanta. Glenn Robinson drained a three- pointer with 0.6 seconds left as the Indiana Pacers overcome a six- point deficit with less than two minutes to play to stun the Hawks 97- 96 at Philips Arena.