Phoenix Suns beat the New Orleans Hornets in OT 111-108

Markieff Morris scored a career-high 23 points, including a 3-pointer in overtime, and the Phoenix Suns overcame a 19-point third-quarter deficit to hand the New Orleans Hornets their sixth straight loss, 111-108 on Friday night.

Goran Dragic scored 20 points, 12 in the final 6 1/2 minutes of the third quarter, for Phoenix.

New Orleans got career performances from Ryan Anderson and Greivis Vasquez. Anderson scored a career-high 34 points, hitting 8 of 13 3s. Vaszuez had 25 points and 14 assists, both career bests.

After blowing their big lead, the Hornets forced overtime by scoring the final eight points of regulation.

P.J. Tucker had 15 points for Phoenix, also a career best. Jermaine O'Neal had 13 points and 11 rebounds for the Suns.

The Suns, down 74-55 after Vasquez's 16-footer with 5:45 left in the third quarter, outscored New Orleans 39-9 and led 94-83 on Luis Scola's 8-foot hook shot with 6:37 left in the fourth quarter.

Dragic led the comeback with three late third-quarter 3s. Tucker's 3-pointer at the third-quarter buzzer cut New Orleans' lead to 81-77 and started what turned out to be a 15-0 run as the Suns reserves scored the first dozen points of the fourth quarter. Jared Dudley's 3-pointer gave the Suns their first lead of the night at 82-81.

Jermaine O'Neal's 5-footer put Phoenix up 86-85 with 5:49 to play and, after New Orleans cut the lead to three, Dudley's third 3-pointer of the quarter had the Suns up 103-95 with 1:37 to play.

But Anderson, whose 9 3-pointers also were a career best, sank a step-back 28-footer, former Sun Robin Lopez made a 14-foot shot and Vasquez made his only 3 of the night to tie it at 103-103 with 17.8 seconds left. Dudley misfired at the end of regulation.

Dragic's high-arching 18-footer put the Suns up for good in overtime, then Morris' 3-pointer made it 108-103. Anderson's 22-footer from just inside the 3-point line cut the lead to 108-105. Tucker sank a pair of free throws, but Roger Mason made a 3-pointer to cut it to 110-108 with 1.4 seconds to go.

Morris gave the Hornets one last chance by missing one of two free throws, but Mason could only toss up an air ball under pressure at the buzzer.

Anderson had 25 points in the second half and overtime, 14 of them as New Orleans blew open the big lead in the third quarter. He made 1 of 3 3-pointers in the first half, 7 of 10 after that.

Notes: Vasquez was 7 of 7 from the field in the first half, 10 of 13 for the game. ... The Hornets lost Jason Smith early in the game with a corneal abrasion. ... Phoenix was the second stop on a five-game trip for New Orleans. The Hornets are at Denver on Sunday. ... Phoenix opens a six-game trip Sunday at Philadelphia. ... The Hornets' 19-point lead was their biggest of the season. Their previous high was 14.