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Suns pull off buzzer-beating alley-oop to beat Grizzlies

The story of the game was the return of guard Devin Booker, but it was the Suns' last possession that had the Valley buzzing Wednesday night.

Tyler Drake BY TYLER DRAKE
Dec 26, 2017, 10:18 PM Updated: 11:02 pm
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The Phoenix Suns used about every second of Tuesday’s game against the Memphis Grizzlies to get the win.

The story of the game was the return of Suns guard Devin Booker — who put up 32 points, six assists and five rebounds — but it was the Suns’ last possession that had the Valley buzzing.

With 0.6 seconds left to play, Dragan Bender found Suns big man Tyson Chandler for the last-second alley-oop slam dunk to give Phoenix the lead — and eventually the 99-97 win — with 0.4 seconds left to play.

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“I’ve had that (play) for about 15 years,” Suns interim coach Jay Triano said. “I put it in probably two or three days after I took over the job here.

“It’s a rule that a lot of people don’t know. You cannot goaltend the ball, that isn’t going to count. So I tell our guys shoot the ball in the basket and all Tyson has to do is touch it on the way down or grab the rim and have it hit your knuckle and go in.”

Twitter reacted accordingly.

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Tyler Drake
Tyler Drake Cardinals reporter and ArizonaSports.com editor

Born and raised in Kelseyville, California, I spent most of my summers growing up in Arizona. There were a lot of trips to Globe and the East Valley. Once out of high school, I attended the University of Arizona with a major in natural resources… Read more

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