Phoenix Suns have lost eight of their last nine games after Friday's 104-96 defeat to Miami as Chris Paul missed second half with sore right hip.
Damion Lee started the second half for Paul, who missed 14 games this season with right heel soreness and has recently been wearing a wrap on his left calf after being kicked in it Dec. 27 at Memphis.
The Heat have their share of players out as well starting with Tyler Herro and Caleb Martin , but they got a 26-point effort from Victor Oladipo in topping the Suns.Deandre Ayton paced Phoenix with a game-high 26 points and 14 rebounds. Phoenix responded and pulled within a point late in the quarter, but Oladipo scored four points in the last 30 seconds of the third with his last two at the buzzer to put Miami up, 78-73, going into the fourth.Phoenix cut that lead in half on a 7-0 blast fueled by back-to-back buckets by Ayton and a Landry Shamet 3, but Max Strus answered with seven points of his own.
The Suns will conclude their two-game homestand Sunday against the Cavaliers, who just beat them, 90-88, Wednesday in Cleveland.
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