Down 92-93 with five and a half minutes remaining, the Suns looked like they might have the fortitude to pull away after trailing for the majority of the game and steal their third victory in a row.
Unfortunately, following a jump shot by Jordan Clarkson, P.J. Tucker was called for a foul on a Nick Young who made a three-point basket and sank the subsequent free throw to complete the four-point play. Things got a little chippy as the Lakers began pulling away, and following an offensive foul call on Tyson Chandler with 1:46 left, Chandler and Julius Randall began to throw elbows at one another leading to a double-technical and the beginning of the end for Phoenix.