During a period of youth evaluation, the Suns on Friday night relied on their veterans to hold off charging Russell Westbrook and the Oklahoma City Thunder.
With 56 seconds left, Jared Dudley found Leandro Barbosa alone in the corner for a key 3-pointer to help push the Suns to a 118-111 win at sold-out Talking Stick Resort Arena.
"I knew he was going to pass it to me," Barbosa said, "because usually in practice we do that. It wasn't a surprise to me. The great thing is that I made the shot and it gave us a little distance.