(SportsNetwork.com) - The Phoenix Suns have slid under .500, but theyll have a chance to draw their record even Monday night when the Milwaukee Bucks pay a visit to the desert. The Suns have dropped five in a row, including two straight at home. One of those home setbacks came against the lowly Detroit Pistons, who snapped a 13- game losing streak. On Sunday, the Suns couldnt handle the red-hot Oklahoma City Thunder and fell, 112-88. While its still incredibly early, that matchup featured Phoenixs primary competition for the eighth playoff seed in the Western Conference. OKC is just a half-game back and has erased a 5 1/2 deficit in a little under two weeks since Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook returned from injuries. That pair combined for 51 points in the victory. They took it to us, Suns coach Jeff Hornacek said. Gerald Green tallied 15 points and seven boards to lead Phoenix. Eric Bledsoe added 12 points, followed by 11 from rookie Tyler Ennis, mostly in mop-up duty late. Marcus Morris chipped in 10 off the bench. Goran Dragic sat out the Oklahoma City game with a lower back strain he suffered in Friday nights loss to the Pistons. The team is hopeful he can return on Monday. The Bucks begin a four-game western swing on Monday with matchups against the Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings and Los Angeles Clippers lurking before Christmas. Milwaukee ended a two-game skid just before departing Brew City thanks to a 111-106 victory over the Clippers on Saturday. The Bucks had to sweat out a late video review, but emerged victorious. Milwaukees 12-point lead with 4 1/2 minutes to play was trimmed to five following a 7-0 Clippers run. The Bucks held a narrow lead the rest of the way, but Jamal Crawford stepped into a deep 3-pointer with three seconds remaining to make things interesting. His heave made it a three-point game, and Knights ensuing inbounds pass was deflected out of bounds. Referees went to the video monitor to determine if the ball hit Milwaukees Brandon Knight before landing, but the Bucks were ultimately rewarded the ball. Knight made two free throws to seal the outcome. Knight scored 22 points to lead the Bucks, while Giannis Antetokounmpo donated 20 points and Larry Sanders had 15 with nine boards for Milwaukee, which had lost five of six coming in. Khris Middleton scored 14 for the Bucks. They are well coached and they are talented, Bucks coach Jason Kidd said of the Clippers. They play to the end. For our group, we play to the end. Looking at it as a whole, guys gave great effort. The Suns have won six of the last eight meetings and are 13-3 since the 2006-07 season against the Bucks. Phoenix is a staggering 25-1 in its last 26 as the host in this series. Milwaukees victory on Jan. 17, 2013 halted a 24- game road losing streak versus the Suns, which dated back to 1987. Nike Vapormax Deutschland . They were expecting him there all along. 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Since being reassigned to Oshawa by the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday, Laughton has produced three goals and nine points in three outings, all victories for the club. Michael Dal Colle had a goal and an assist for the Generals (5-2-0) while Jimi Kuronen and Bradley Latour scored the others. Zack Mitchell scored the lone goal for the Storm (4-2-0), who have dropped back-to-back contests after starting the season with four straight wins. Daniel Altshuller made 24 saves for the win and Matthew Mancina took the loss after allowing three goals on 17 shots. Justin Nichols replaced Mancina and stopped 17-of-18 shots in 29 minutes of relief. Oshawa went 2-for-8 on the power play while Guelph scored once on five chances with the man advantage. --- Frontenacs 3 Greyhounds 2 KINGSTON, Ont., -- Henri Ikonen scored twice as the Frontenacs held on to defeat Sault Ste. Marie. Jean Dupuy also scored for Kingston (6-0-1) while Ryan Kujawinski chipped in with two assists. Jorgen Karterud and Darnell Nurse scored for the Greyhounds (4-1-1), who nearly tied up the game in the final minute of the third period after trailing by two goals. Matt Mahalak made 31 saves for the win.dddddddddddd. Matt Murray turned away 33-of-36 shots in defeat. --- Battalion 4 Steelheads 1 MISSISSAUGA, Ont., -- Brandon Robinson had a pair of goals for North Bay as it beat the Steelheads. Jamie Lewis and Brenden Miller added goals for the Battalion (5-4-0) and Nick Paul had two assists. Trevor Carrick supplied the scoring for Mississauga (4-2-0). Jake Smith made 22 saves for the win as Spencer Martin stopped 35 shots in a losing cause. --- 67s 3 Petes 2 (OT) OTTAWA, -- Philippe Trudeau stopped 53 shots and Brendan Bell had the shootout winner as the 67s defeated Peterborough. Jacob Middleton and Taylor Fielding also scored for Ottawa (3-4-0), who were outshot 24-9 in the third period and overtime before winning in the shootout. Clark Seymour and Stephen Nosad scored for the Petes (3-3-1). Michael Giugovaz made 34 saves in defeat. --- Spitfires 7 IceDogs 4 WINDSOR, Ont., -- Josh Ho-Sang had two goals and an assist and Kerby Rychel scored once and set up three more as the Spitfires downed Niagara. Brady Vail, Remy Giftopoulos, Slater Koekkoek and Eric Diodati added a goal apiece for Windsor (3-3-0). The IceDogs (2-4-1) got goals from Mack Lemmon, Carter Verhaeghe, Mitchell Fitzmorris and Blake Siebenaler. Dalen Kuchmey made 23 saves for the victory. Brent Moran picked up the loss after giving up seven goals on 29 shots. ' ' '