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PHOENIX -- Goran ragic scored 40 points, his second career high in three games, and the Phoenix Suns pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the New Orleans Pelicans 116-104 Friday night, snapping a three-game losing streak. Darrell Armstrong Jersey . Dragic was a game-time decision because of a sore right ankle that had kept him out of Wednesdays loss at Utah, but played all but the last 10 seconds of the second half in the first 40-point game for a Phoenix player since Amare Stoudemires 44 on March 19, 2010. Anthony avis, also a game-time decision because of a sprained left shoulder, matched his career high with 32 points for the Pelicans, who lost their sixth in a row. Markieff Morris added 18 points and twin brother Marcus 15 for Phoenix. Eric Gordon scored 21 for New Orleans. Dragic, who had expressed some doubt after the morning shootaround that he would be able to play, had a career-best 36 in the Suns loss to Houston on Sunday. He hurt his ankle in the home loss to Minnesota on Tuesday. He had 15 points in the first quarter and 13 in the fourth, surpassing 30 points in a game for the eighth time this season. Phoenix took control with a 17-1 fourth-quarter run. Dragic banked in a 3-pointer from the top of the key, then sank an 18-footer to cap the outburst and put the Suns ahead 105-92 with 4:33 left. Phoenix looked to be in trouble late in the third quarter. The Pelicans used a 15-1 run to go up 77-67 on Austin Rivers two free throws with 2:59 left in the period. But Phoenix outscored the Pelicans 14-4 the rest of the quarter. Marcus Morris scored the first seven in the run, Dragic sank a 3, then made a driving layup to tie it at 81-81 entering the fourth quarter. New Orleans took a four-point lead early in the fourth and was up 91-88 on Brian Roberts driving layup with 9:47 remaining. Phoenix, though, scored the next six. Dragic scored on a drive, then Markieff Morris made consecutive layups and the Suns led 94-91 with 8:13 left. Neither team led by more than seven points in a first half bereft of defence, with the Suns up 56-54 at the break. New Orleans shot 58 per cent in the half (22 of 38), Phoenix 56 per cent (20 of 36). In the second quarter, nobody led by more than four. Al-Farouq Aminus two free throws put the Pelicans up 50-47 with 2:14 left in the half, then the Suns scored seven straight, P.J. Tuckers 3-pointer giving Phoenix a 54-50 lead 52.9 seconds before the break. Gordons layup at the buzzer was ruled no good and the call was upheld on review, preserving Phoenixs two-point edge. NOTES: New Orleans Tyreke Evans was a late arrival after getting stuck in the hotel elevator. He arrived about an hour before the opening tip. ... The Suns Leandro Barbosa missed his fourth straight game with a sprained toe. ... Phoenix avoided matching its longest losing streak of the season at four games. ... Suns G Eric Bledsoe, coming back from knee surgery, participated in 3-on-3 drills and could resume full practice next week. ... The Pelicans longest losing streak of the season is seven games. Josh Magette Jersey . - This win was more the New Jersey Devils style. Orlando Magic Pro Shop . Boston is making its first appearance in the ALCS since 2008. For Detroit, its a third straight trip to the ALCS and its fourth in eight years.MADRID - A second-half strike by Arda Turan gave Atletico Madrid a 1-0 win against Juventus in Group A of the Champions League on Wednesday.Juventus dominated possession but paid for a lack of penetration up front when Juanfran Torres crossed from the right and Turan stabbed the ball home at the far post with goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon stranded in the 75th minute.All four teams in the group now have three points, with Malmo beating Olympiakos 2-0.Juventus gradually took control as the first half wore on, with midfielder Claudio Marchisio unleashing a shot from 20 metres (yards) that flew wide of Miguel Moyas goal.After the break, the Italian side began to convert its overwhelming possession into pressure on the 2014 finalists defence, only for Turan to grab the winner.Fabulous, we were once again playing against a very great rival in a closely-fought match that was full of details that in the end favoured us, Atletico coach Diego Simeone said. They allowed us to win a game that we had to win.For Torres, the match had simply gone according to plan.We were very evenly matched with great intensity and strength, Torres said. We knew we had to respect Juve and decided to press hard along the flanks and deliver good crosses. We had good crosses a€” and a great finish by Arda.It was a tense, physical clash between a home side enjoying huge vocal support at Vicennte Calderon stadium and an Italian team that had not conceded a goal in its last 10 games in all competitions. Grant Hill Jersey. Juventus had previously beaten Malmo 2-0, while Atletico had lost its group opener 3-2 at Olympiakos.In a combative start, Juventus defender Leonardo Bonucci was shown a yellow card for elbowing Mario Mandzukic in the face in the 12th minute.Atleticos Croatian international forward underwent surgery to repair a broken nose suffered in the loss at Olympiakos and had begun the match wearing a mask, but he removed it after the foul.As Atletico pushed forward, Mandzukic struck a right-footed shot on target in the 25th minute but Buffon punched it out safely.Juventus midfielder Paul Pogba responded with a powerful drive that rose just wide of the far top corner of Moyas goal in the 33rd.It was a very tough and tactical match, Juventus forward Fernando Llorente said. We were made to fight hard, without being given many chances.Moya had a difficult moment, though, when he fumbled the ball in his penalty area and nearly tripped before falling on it in the 56th.Atletico captain Raul Garcia nearly scored an own goal when he fell to the ground while trying to clear a dangerous cross in the 80th minute as Moya watched helplessly.The Spanish side hosts Malmo in its next Group A match on Oct. 22, when Juventus is away to Olympiakos. ' ' '