Suns 116, Pacers 99: Goran Dragic scored a season-high 34 points and Eric Bledsoe had a season-best 27 points to go with seven assists as host Phoenix defeated Indiana.

Gerald Green and Markieff Morris scored 15 points apiece and the Suns recorded 13 steals, including four apiece from Dragic and Bledsoe. Dragic was 5-of-6 from 3-point range and Green made four as Phoenix went 12-of-25 from behind the arc.

C.J. Miles scored a season-high 17 points and Roy Hibbert added 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Pacers. C.J. Watson contributed 14 points and seven assists while David West and Chris Copeland added 10 points apiece as Indiana lost for the eighth time in its last 10 visits to Phoenix.

The Suns led by 10 early in the fourth quarter before Indiana worked its way within six on Donald Sloan’s basket with 7:24 to play. Dragic hit two 3-pointers during a 12-0 surge that gave Phoenix a 106-88 lead and the Suns controlled the rest of the contest.

The Pacers led by as many as nine in the second quarter and shot 59.1 percent from the first in the first half en route to a 56-54 lead at the break. Dragic’s two free throws capped a 9-0 run in the third that saw the Suns take a 77-65 lead but Indiana narrowed Phoenix’s advantage to 83-79 entering the final stanza.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Suns PG Isaiah Thomas (ankle) missed his fourth straight game. … Hibbert (ankle) returned from a four-game absence. … Green was called for a flagrant 1 foul late in the third quarter.