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Rapid Recap: Suns hang on, win first OT of year over Spurs

Phoenix Suns beat the San Antonio Spurs 128-118 in overtime after Mikal Bridges, Chris Paul, and Deandre Ayton took turns taking over.

Slow starts have plagued the Phoenix Suns this season, but that wasn’t the case on Friday night as they sprinted out to an early 9-3 lead over the first three minutes and change, prompting an early timeout from Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich, who mentored Suns head coach Monty Williams.

Deandre Ayton picked up his second foul just over six minutes into the game, but Williams gave Ayton’s leash some slack in leaving him in.