Playing back-to-back home games is better than back-to-back on the road, as the Phoenix Suns and Oklahoma City Thunder discovered Friday night in Phoenix.
The Suns, behind some inspired bench play, took down the Thunder 118-111. Tyler Ulis, Leandro Barbosa and Alan Williams each scored 14 points off the bench – a career-high for Ulis. The Suns reserves scored 55 points – just 7 ahead of Russell Westbrook’s 48.
The night before Phoenix won at home beating the Charlotte Hornets while Oklahoma City had to fly early this morning into the valley after a close loss in Portland.