Jordan Goodwin had 18 points on six 3-pointers, Devin Booker added 17 points and the host Phoenix Suns made a season-high 22 3-pointers in a 133-110 blowout of the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday.
Goodwin, who had missed the previous four games with a right calf injury, was 6-for-7 from distance in 14 minutes off the bench. His sixth 3-pointer made it 99-69 Suns late in the third quarter.
The Suns were 22-for-43 from distance (51.2%). Their previous season high was 18.
Luke Kennard scored a season-high 14 points, Jalen Green had 13 and Collin Gillespie added 12 for the Suns, who rebounded from a 26-point loss to San Antonio on Monday with their largest margin of victory this season.
Darius Garland and Rui Hachimura each scored 13 points, and Max Strus finished with 12 for the Clippers, who snapped a seven-game losing streak with a victory over New Orleans on Sunday. Garland also had six assists and five rebounds.
Gillespie connected on four 3-pointers, Green and Kennard made three apiece, and Booker and Miles Bridges each added two.
The Suns, who have won three of four and are 3-2 on a season-long seven-game homestand, rested all five starters in the fourth quarter.
The Suns beat the Clippers 49-37 on the glass after outrebounding only one of their first nine opponents.
Led by Goodwin and Kennard, the Suns had a season-high 81 bench points. Khaman Maluach had 11 points and seven rebounds, and Ryan Dunn chipped in 10 points and eight rebounds.
The Suns ran away early. They closed the first quarter on a 13-0 run sparked by a pair of 3-pointers from Gillespie and one from Goodwin to take a 29-18 lead.
Goodwin scored 12 of his 18 first-half points in the second quarter, making 3-pointers on two consecutive possessions midway through the period to help Phoenix take a 48-31 lead.
The Suns made 11 of 22 shots from distance in the first half, sinking eight in the second quarter, and Gillespie’s 3-pointer with two-tenths of a second remaining put the Suns up 64-47 at halftime.
Booker, Green and Bridges had two 3-pointers apiece early in the third quarter, when the Suns opened the second half on a 22-9 surge for an 86-56 edge.
Brooks’ jumper gave the Suns a 91-59 lead with four minutes left in the third quarter, their largest lead of the night.
