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NBA results | Monday

Suns 115, Jazz 109

PHOENIX — Devin Booker scored 33 points, Chris Paul had 15 of his a seasonhigh 27 points in the fourth quarter, and the Phoenix Suns rallied for a win over the short-handed Utah Jazz.

Paul just missed a triple-double with 14 assists and nine rebounds. The Suns

improved their NBA-best record to 37-9, matching the 2006-07 team for the best start in franchise history.

Cavaliers 95, Knicks 93

CLEVELAND — Kevin Love scored 20 points — nine straight in a 3-point barrage in just over a minute — and Darius Garland had 12 assists as Cleveland survived a late rally by New York.

Down by 15 in the fourth quarter, the Knicks made it close, but Julius Randle’s 38

foot 3-pointer at the buzzer was way short.

Bulls 111, Thunder 110

OKLAHOMA CITY — Nicola Vucevic had 26 points and 15 rebounds, and Chicago withstood a fierce rally by Oklahoma City.

The Bulls led by 28 points in the third quarter, but the Thunder had a chance to tie it in the closing seconds. Oklahoma City’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander missed a 3-pointer that would have evened the score with 2.3

seconds to play.

Pelicans 117, Pacers 113

NEW ORLEANS — Devonte Graham scored 25 points, Josh Hart had 22 points and 10 rebounds, and New Orleans beat Indiana.

Graham went 5 of 9 from 3-point range on a night when the rest of his team missed 20 of 21 from deep. Jonas Valanciunas had 16 points, 12 rebounds and six assists for New Orleans.

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