Down four with 10 seconds left Thursday night in Phoenix, Hornets guard Grayson Allen threw the ball away.
Suns guard Devin Booker stole it, made both free throws and finished with 30 points in a 101-96 Phoenix win.
The Charlotte Hornets turned the ball over 25 times to Phoenix's seven. They outrebounded the Suns 64-43, and Phoenix took 92 shots to Charlotte's 79. Charlotte also had 25 turnovers in a 124-91 loss to Detroit on Nov. 2.
How Phoenix pulled away
The Hornets led 76-72 after three quarters and were tied at 79 with 9:48 left. Phoenix scored the next six points and led the rest of the way, outscoring Charlotte 29-20 in the quarter. Booker scored nine of the Suns' last 14 points.
A floater by Allen cut it to 87-86 with 5:17 left. Booker hit a jumper, and Suns forward Dillon Brooks made a step-back 3-pointer for a 92-86 lead. Forward Naz Reid's 3-pointer with 1:21 left made it 92-89. Booker scored on a floater, center Moussa Diabate scored on a cut with 42 seconds left, and Booker hit a 28-foot step-back 3-pointer for a 97-91 lead.
Forward Royce O'Neale made a 3-pointer while being fouled and added the free throw to cut it to 97-95 with 21 seconds left. Suns forward Miles Bridges made two free throws to put Phoenix back up four.
Allen and O'Neale came to Charlotte from Phoenix in July in the trade that sent Bridges, a Hornet last season, to the Suns. Bridges had 11 points.
Coby White leads Charlotte with 21
Guard Coby White led Charlotte with 21 points in less than 20 minutes. He came out with 9:04 left and did not return. Reid had 16 points and eight rebounds, Allen 14, rookie guard Christian Anderson Jr. 13 and forward Grant Williams 11 off the bench. Diabate had 13 rebounds, eight of them offensive.
Guard Brandon Miller (right hip strain), forward Kon Knueppel (left hamstring strain) and guard Dennis Schröder (left hamstring strain) were inactive.
The loss, three nights after the Hornets beat Cleveland 124-112 to end a six-game losing streak, left them 4-8 and 10th in the Eastern Conference, one place ahead of Indiana, which is also 4-8. They play the LA Clippers at 4:30 p.m. ET Sunday in Inglewood, California.
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