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Quick Hitters Suns hit team-record 24 3s, blow out Grizzlies

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devin booker scored 23 points, hitting five of the Phoenix Suns’ franchise-record 24 3-pointers in a 128-97 romp over the short-handed Memphis Grizzlies on Saturday night.

Mikal bridges added 19 points, making 6 of 7 shots overall and 4 of 5 from long range. Cam Payne also had 19 points, a season high, and Chris Paul added 16 points and six assists.

Phoenix won for the eighth time in nine games. The Suns made 22 3-pointers Friday night in new Orleans in a game where they outscored the Pelicans 41-12 in the fourth quarter in a 132-114 victory.

The Grizzlies also were coming off a victory Friday night, at home over detroit. Playing their fourth game in five nights, they rested key players brandon Clarke, Kyle anderson and Grayson allen. UCLA rallies past ASU to give Cronin 400th victory Jaylen Clark made his second free throw with 1.4 seconds remaining and uCLa rallied for a 80-79 victory over arizona

State on Saturday night at Pauley Pavilion to give coach Mick Cronin his 400th career win.

The Clark free throw gave uCLa its first lead of the night. The Sun devils led 77-70 with 3:57 remaining after Kimani Lawrence’s 3-point play but the bruins rallied with a 9-2 run, including a pair of Tyger Campbell free throws with 39.3 seconds to tie it at 79-all.

Holland Woods missed a 3-pointer with 15 seconds remaining, which was rebounded by uCLa’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. Tyger Campbell missed a potential game-winning jumper but Clark got the rebound and was fouled by Lawrence.

The bruins win ties them with Southern California atop the Pac-12 Conference as both have a 12-3 mark in league play.

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