Bledsoe, Len lead Suns past Pelicans, 104-88

Len added the exclamation point with his second career 3-pointer with 14.9 second left.

The Pelicans (7-19) made only 36.6 percent of their field goal attempts. New Orleans is 4-13 without Tyreke, but it’s looking like they might be on the comeback trail. Denver averaged 110.2 points in those five wins while putting up 81 in the losses, including a 97-88 setback at Utah last time out.TV: 8 p.m. ET, FSN New Orleans, Altitude (Denver)ABOUT THE PELICANS (7-19): New Orleans has dropped eight of its last 11 games and star Anthony Davis does not like the struggles at the offensive end leading to a lack of effort at the other end.

Suns forward Markieff Morris, who is at the center of trade speculation, came off the bench for the first time in six games and scored 13 points.

The Suns led by as many as nine points in the second quarter, going up 44-35 on a 3-pointer from Mirza Teletovic at the 4:20 mark. But he did catch a lob pass from Ish Smith for a forceful alley-oop dunk in the second quarter. But the Suns immediately answered with an 11-2 run and pushed the lead to 46-30, their biggest of the half, on a Leuer layup off a Knight feed with 3:46 to go.

Carter-Williams had 11 first-half points and five rebounds to lead Milwaukee, but the Suns led 53-45 at halftime.

The Bucks had a 9-0 run early in the first quarter and led by as many as 11 points before the Suns finished the quarter strong. Ryan Anderson was tied for third with 41.

“Against a top team, you can’t turn the ball over”, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. “Guys do it in practice and they don’t like and then they get in fights and all’s good after that”.

Mike D’Antoni might not have a better friend in basketball than Pelicans coach Alvin Gentry, who forged their friendship as his Suns assistant coach. Next on the list is Milwaukee Bucks coach and former Sun Jason Kidd, who is 53rd with 8,725 boards.

“Typically, all the teams I’ve been on in the past that have been good, you lose a couple games and get your butt kicked and you come in the enext day for practice, there’s usually a fight”, Hornacek said. “I don’t know very many people that say “no” to Jerry.”…

The second period belonged to Warren, who made six of seven shots and scored 12 points in nine minutes to put the Suns in front. Next up are ex-Suns Earl Watson and Kevin Johnson, who are tied with 176.