Pacers prevail as Suns’ Devin Booker leaves with groin injury

Pascal Siakam recorded 25 points and a season-best 18 rebounds to lead the Indiana Pacers to a 120-111 victory over the host Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.Myles Turner and Andrew Nembhard added 19 points apiece for Indiana, which has matched its season best with a three-game winning streak. Bennedict Mathurin scored 16 points, Tyrese Haliburton registered 13 points and 12 assists and Obi Toppin added 13 points and eight rebounds off the bench.Kevin Durant scored a season-best 37 points, matched his season high of 10 rebounds and also dished six assists for the Suns, who had a two-game winning streak snapped.Suns star Devin Booker exited due to groin tightness with 5:18 left in the third quarter, and he didn’t return. Booker had 17 points and six assists in 25 minutes. He made 5 of 10 field-goal attempts.Bradley Beal added 16 points and Jusuf Nurkic had 12 points and 10 rebounds for Phoenix, which made 48.8 percent of its shot attempts but was 9 of 30 (30 percent) from behind the arc.T.J. McConnell scored 11 points off the bench for Indiana, which shot 43.8 percent from the field, including 16 of 41 (39 percent) from 3-point range. The Pacers held a mammoth 29-10 edge in points off turnovers.Mathurin scored four points during a 6-0 run as Indiana grabbed a 105-86 lead with 9:53 remaining in the game.Phoenix responded with a 11-2 burst to move within 10 with 6:21 to go before Siakam and Mathurin answered with baskets to give the Pacers a 111-97 lead with 5:25 left.Siakam’s 3-pointer made it 116-99 with 4:03 remaining.