Suns spoil Smart’s long-range plan

PHOENIX 123, BOSTON 119

Devin Booker sure loves playing in TD Garden.

His near triple-double effort on Saturday was just barely enough for the Phoenix Suns to overcome Boston guard Marcus Smart’s performance.

Booker had 39 points, 10 rebounds and nine assists and the Suns withstood a franchise-record 11 three-pointers by Smart and beat the Celtics 123-119.

“You know, Book is — Book’s Book,” Phoenix coach Monty Williams said. “It’s something I don’t take for granted to have a guy that can get buckets like that.”

Deandre Ayton had 26 points and 15 rebounds and Mikal Bridges added a career-best 26 points for the Suns, who have won four of their last five games.

Smart shot 11 for 22 from threepoint range and finished with a career-best 37 points.

His performance marked the first time in NBA history that a player made 11 or more three-pointers in a losing effort, according to Stats.

at Chicago 118, Cleveland 116: Zach LaVine scored 21 of his 42 points in the fourth quarter and the Bulls rallied from 15 points down in the final period.

at Oklahoma City 119, Portland 106: Chris Paul scored 30 points and collected seven assists as the Thunder ended a two-game losing streak.

at Utah 123, Sacramento 101: Bojan Bogdanovic scored 30 points and Rudy Gobert added 28 to lift the Jazz to their 11th win in the past 12 games.

at Golden State 109, Orlando 95: D’Angelo Russell scored 26 points and had a season-high 12 assists, and the short-handed Warriors snapped their longest losing streak in nearly 18 years at 10 games.

Philadelphia 90, at New York 87: Tobias Harris hit a go-ahead threepointer late in the fourth, Ben Simmons had 21 points and the 76ers won their third in a row.

Toronto 122, at Minnesota 112: Fred VanVleet returned from a hamstring injury to score 29 points for the Raptors, who have won three straight games.

Detroit 136, at Atlanta 103: Derrick Rose had 27 points and nine assists, and Detroit won its second straight game.

Milwaukee 117, at Brooklyn 97: Giannis Antetokounmpo had 29 points and 12 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored 20 points, and the Bucks won their sixth in a row.

Lakers 124, at Houston 115

Clippers 133, at New Orleans 130