Knight’s 25 points lead Suns over Timberwolves 108-101

Eric Bledsoe led the Suns with 31 points. Wolves F Kevin Garnett has the two highest scoring games of his career against the Suns.

TRAIL BLAZERS: Portland, with 12 3s Friday, has made at least 10 3-pointers in five of its last six games and in 10 games overall this season….

Lavine stepped up off the bench with 28 points on 10-of-19 shooting, including 3-of-4 from behind the arc but other Timberwolves starters like Ricky Rubio (1 points on 0-of-4 field goals) and Andrew Wiggins (13 points) did not have a good scoring game for the Timberwolves, who has now lost back-to-back games and six of their last seven outings. It’s a pretty strong bet, as the Suns have allowed 43 fantasy points per game on average to opposing point guards this season.

The Timberwolves committed 25 turnovers, including nine in the third quarter, which helped the Suns get out in transition and take control of the game for good.

Phoenix Suns’ Alex Len, left, of Ukraine, gets past Minnesota Timberwolves’ Karl-Anthony Towns (32) to shoot during the first half of an NBA basketball game Sunday, Dec. 13, 2015, in Phoenix. Eric Bledsoe had 23.

Len had 10 of his points and made eight free throws in the first quarter for the Suns.

The Suns rallied to tie the score at 35 in the second quarter with Devin Booker and Mirza Teletovic hitting two 3s each. Dallas has dropped all three of its December home games and fell to Atlanta on Wednesday and Washington on Saturday by a combined six points.

Leuer had 10 points in the third quarter as the Suns stretched their lead to 85-66 before some tense moments down the stretch.

Minnesota led for much of the first quarter until Knight’s 3-pointer with 1:25 to play gave the Suns a 23-21 lead.

TIMBERWOLVES: Kevin Garnett started Sunday and played against the Suns in a Minnesota uniform for the first time since March 20, 2007. The Kentucky product went a career-worst 0-of-12 from the field on Friday and finished with one point in 33 minutes.

The teams were tied at 89-89 when Al-Farouq Aminu made a 3 at the 6:00 mark, Allen Crabbe hit a 2, CJ McCollum sank a 3, Mason Plumlee rolled in a shot off his fingers and Damon Lillard knocked down a 3 with 3:12 left. The Mavericks will try to salvage the finale when they host the Phoenix Suns on Monday.