Suns Overcome Bulls In Fourth Quarter, NBA Scores

After dropping the previous four games by a total of 13 points, Brandon Knight felt it was time for the Phoenix Suns to stop waiting for the breaks to go their way.

Mirza Teletovic scored 20 points, including a follow basket with 0.3 seconds left, to cap the Suns' furious fourth-quarter rally from 16 down in a 103-101 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Monday night.

Knight had 17 of his 21 points in the fourth as the Suns snapped a four-game skid. Phoenix outscored Chicago 42-24 in the final period.

"I know we put ourselves in position to win, but nothing's given in this league," Knight said. "You have to go out and take it. After losing three or four games like that, I think we realize that.

"That's what we did tonight."

The Suns, who lost on an alley-oop with 0.5 seconds left on Sunday in Memphis, finished 2-4 on a six-game road trip.

"This has been a crazy trip for us," coach Jeff Hornacek said. "Start in Toronto, have a great win there, then we have four games in a row that we have leads in the fourth. Then, we come out and be down 16 on the last game of six games in nine nights.

"The guys could have easily quit and they didn't. They kept playing and they made some plays and pulled out what's a big win for us."

Pau Gasol scored 22 points to lead the Bulls, Jimmy Butler added 19 and Derrick Rose 14.

Monday, December 7 Scoreboard
    
Charlotte 104, Detroit 84

San Antonio 119, Philadelphia 68

Washington 114, Miami 103

Dallas 104, New York 97

Toronto 102, Los Angeles 93

Phoenix 103, Chicago 101

Milwaukee 90, Portland 88

Los Angeles 110, Minnesota 106

Boston 111, New Orleans 93

Tuesday, December 8 Schedule (All Times Central)

Portland at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Golden State at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Houston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Denver, 8 p.m.

Utah at Sacramento, 9 p.m.