PHOENIX — When the Phoenix Suns took a 10-point lead over the Utah Jazz early in the third quarter Monday, Jazz veteran guard Joe Johnson turned to teammate Shelvin Mack and said, “We’re still going to win this game.”
“I didn’t know how we were going to win it but I just knew we were going to win it,” Johnson added. “For whatever reason, we always come up with big plays.”
Turns out it was Johnson who made the biggest play of all, burying a baseline 3-pointer with 49.8 seconds left, Suns forward P.J. Tucker in his face and the shot clock winding down.