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DEVIN Booker scored 21 of his 30 points in the second half and the Phoenix Suns took a 2-0 series lead with a convincing 129-109 victory over the visiting Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday night (Thursday in Manila).
In the other game, Bam Adebayo scored 23 points and Jimmy Butler added 22 as the top-seeded Miami Heat dumped the fourth-seeded Philadelphia 76ers 119-103 in Miami for a 2-0 lead in their best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal.
Chris Paul tallied 14 of his 28 points in the final quarter and contributed eight assists for the Suns, who knocked out the Mavericks with a 23-2 fourth-quarter surge to turn a close game into a 27-point margin. — Field Level Media
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