Markieff Morris had 24 points to lead the Phoenix Suns in a 106-97 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Wednesday night.
Eric Bledsoe supplied 18 points and nine assists to the win, while T.J. Warren added 17 points off the bench.
Phoenix snapped its two-game losing streak and won for the third time in its last five outings.
Kevin Martin led the Timberwolves with 16 points and Justin Hamilton tallied 15 off the bench. Andrew Wiggins, Adreian Payne, Gorgui Dieng and Chase Budinger each chipped in 10 points for Minnesota, which has lost six of its last seven.
Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic played just under eight minutes and missed the entire second half with a sore foot.
Brandan Wright's alley-oop slam gave the Suns a 25-14 lead late in the first, but Minnesota closed to within seven after 12 minutes thanks to baskets from Wiggins and Dieng.
Dieng and Budinger each scored six points as part of a 12-2 run in the second quarter that tied the game at 38-38.
Warren potted the final six points of the half, however, as Phoenix entered the locker room up 50-44.
Ricky Rubio's jumper tied the game again at 65-65, then the Suns ended the third on a 13-4 run over the final 3:53.
Warren's tip-in just under three minutes into the fourth staked Phoenix to an 87-73 edge. Martin's runner rattled in with 4:44 on the clock to cut the deficit to six, but the Suns quickly found themselves back up double digits moments later on a three-point play from Warren.
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