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Booker scores 40, Durant adds 32, Suns improve playoff position with a 122-101 win over Cavs

Apr. 04, 2024 01:37 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 40 points, Kevin Durant added 32 and the Phoenix Suns beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 122-101 on Wednesday night. The Suns have won six of their past eight, moving up to the No. 6 spot in a crowded Western Conference playoff race, which would allow...

Devin Booker scores 30 points, Suns get hot from 3-point range to beat Hawks 128-115

Mar. 22, 2024 02:05 AM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 30 points, Eric Gordon added 21 off the bench and the Phoenix Suns beat the Atlanta Hawks 128-115 on Thursday night. Phoenix won largely thanks to superior long-range shooting, making 22 of 41 3-pointers. Booker hit six 3s while Gordon and Royce...

Brown, Tatum combine for 63 points as Celtics overwhelm Suns for 2nd time in a week, 127-112

Mar. 14, 2024 23:22 PM EDT

BOSTON (AP) — Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla has a team rule that everybody contests shots, even after the whistle. Players, coaches -- everybody. So when Mazzulla sprinted to prevent Phoenix's Royce O'Neale from dropping in a practice basket heading into a timeout, it didn't shock...

Green, VanVleet lead Rockets past Suns, 118-109. Phoenix star Booker injures ankle

Mar. 03, 2024 00:40 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Jalen Green scored 34 points, Fred VanVleet added 24 and the Houston Rockets beat the Phoenix Suns 118-109 on Saturday night to split a two-game series. “This is who we want to be every night,” said Green, who hit six 3-pointers. Phoenix All-Star...

Grayson Allen leads balanced effort for Suns, who pull away late for 123-113 win over Lakers

Feb. 25, 2024 19:06 PM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — It's no surprise that the Phoenix Suns were led by a Big Three on Sunday. The twist is that those three players were Grayson Allen, Royce O'Neale and Jusuf Nurkic. Allen scored 24 points, Kevin Durant added 22 and the Suns pulled away late in the...

Kevin Durant scores 28, Devin Booker adds 25, Suns outlast Kings 130-125

Feb. 14, 2024 01:56 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Kevin Durant scored 28 points, Devin Booker added 25 and the Phoenix Suns outlasted the Sacramento Kings 130-125 on Tuesday night. Eric Gordon had 23 points, filling in nicely for starting guard Bradley Beal, who left with a hamstring injury after just five minutes...

Trade deadline day: The Knicks took a big swing, and some shooters are now in the playoff race

Feb. 08, 2024 23:23 PM EST

Bojan Bogdanovic left Detroit to join a now even-more-formidable contender in New York. Gordon Hayward is leaving Charlotte for one of the NBA's best surprise stories this season in Oklahoma City. Doug McDermott was once traded by Indiana to San Antonio, and now, the Spurs have traded him back to...

Cavaliers beat short-handed Nets 118-95 for 8th straight victory and 16th in 17 games

Feb. 08, 2024 23:19 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Donovan Mitchell scored 27 points and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the short-handed Brooklyn Nets 118-95 on Thursday night for their eighth straight victory and 16th in 17 games. Evan Mobley added 14 points and 12 rebounds, Jarrett Allen had 14 points and 10...

Ben Simmons makes quick impact in return to Nets, gets 6 assists in first quarter

Jan. 29, 2024 20:20 PM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Ben Simmons made an immediate impact in his first game in nearly three months for the Brooklyn Nets, getting six assists in five minutes off the bench in the first quarter against Utah. Simmons hadn't played since Nov. 6, sitting out the last 38 games because of a...