PHOENIX -- Guard Goran Dragic scored 26 points and forward P.J. Tucker had 11 of his career-high 21 in the fourth quarter as the Phoenix Suns outscored Oklahoma City 11-3 over the final 2:20 and scored a huge 122-115 win over the Thunder.
Forwards Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris both contributed for scores that help the Suns take the game away from the Thunder.
Guard Gerald Green added 24 points and was 5-for-7 from 3-point range for the Suns (46-31), who moved past the Memphis Grizzlies and into sole possession of the eighth and final playoff spot in the Western Conference. The Grizzlies lost to the Spurs in San Antonio and slipped to 45-32.
Forward Kevin Durant scored 38 points and set a modern-day NBA record with his 41st consecutive game scoring 25 points or more, one more than Michael Jordan had during the 1991-92 season. Guard Russell Westbrook added 33 for the Thunder, who are 23-14 on the road this season but dropped both games in
Phoenix. Durant put the Thunder up for the last time at 113-112 on two free throws with 2:39 left.
But the Suns scored the next 10 points, with forward Markieff Morris' driving layup with 2:20 left putting them up for good. Guard Eric Bledsoe had a key blocked shot and steal from Durant in the final minute and sealed the game with four free throws to give him 18 points for the night.
The Suns shot 59 percent from the field over the first three quarters but led by 94-91 after Durant led Oklahoma City to a 38-point third quarter.
Westbrook and Durant combined for 17 of 25 first-quarter points for the Thunder, who led by as many as five early. But after missing nine of their first 13 shots, the Suns made 23 of 33 for the rest of the first half -- taking a 28-25 lead to the second quarter when Dragic took over during a 34-point Phoenix eruption.
Forward Marcus Morris had six of eight points early in the quarter before Dragic scored 13 straight -- mixing in 3-pointers with off-balance drives to the hoop. His 3-pointer with 2:23 left gave the Suns their biggest lead.
Westbrook had 19 in the first half and kept the Thunder close with slashing drives before feeding Durant for a dunk to cut the Phoenix lead to four points. But Dragic drained another 3-pointer and Marcus Morris added a 17-footer to give the Suns a 62-53 lead at intermission.
Green had 11 points for the Suns in the third quarter and expanded Phoenix's lead to 14 at 85-71.
That happened on a turnaround jumper with 6:10 left. But the Thunder outscored the Suns 20-9 the rest of the way and Durant reached the 25-point mark on a driving dunk with 13.9 seconds left to pull the Thunder to within 94-91.
Durant had 12 of his team's 38 points in the quarter. NOTES: Suns F Gerald Green scored 32 points in 29 minutes in Friday's win over Portland, the fourth time this season he's scored 30 or more points in 30 minutes or less.
That's the first time a player has accomplished the feat since Michael Jordan had five for the Chicago Bulls during the 1990-91 season. Last time the Suns played the Thunder on March 6, Green had a career-high 41 points in 40 minutes. ... The two longest streaks of players scoring 25 or more points belong to Oscar Robertson (46 straight during the 1963-64 season for the Cincinnati Royals) and Wilt Chamberlain, who did it in all 80 games of the 1961-62 season with the Philadelphia Warriors. ... Suns G Goran Dragic is averaging 20.4 points a game and shooting 50.7 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from 3-point range.
The last guard to average 20 points while shooting 50 percent from the field and 40 percent from 3-point range over an entire season was the late Drazen Petrovic for the New Jersey Nets in 1992-93.
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