127 - 110

Box Scores: NBA - Yahoo

GAME SUMMARY

Location: Moda Center

Officials: Marc Davis, Tre Maddox, and Brandon Schwab

Team	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Total
Phoenix Suns	35	29	36	27	127
Portland Trail Blazers	32	29	21	28	110

TEAM STATS

Team	PTS	FG	FG%	3P	3P%	FT	FT%	OREB	TREB	AST	PF	STL	TO	BLK
Phoenix Suns	127	47-97	48.5%	14-40	35.0%	19-22	86.4%	17	58	24	27	19	15	4
Portland Trail Blazers	110	42-97	43.3%	10-41	24.4%	16-20	80.0%	15	54	24	12	7	19	6

PLAYER STATS


Phoenix Suns	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Ryan Dunn^SF	26:31	9	4-8	1-1	0-0	0	3	3	4	5	0	1	4	23
Royce O’Neale^PF	31:09	9	3-10	3-10	0-0	0	5	5	1	2	0	1	2	19
Mark Williams^C	21:16	15	7-9	0-0	1-2	4	2	6	1	2	1	2	3	15
Dillon Brooks^SG	25:38	12	5-11	1-6	1-2	1	1	2	4	3	0	3	3	16
Devin Booker^PG	29:02	19	6-13	1-2	6-6	1	5	6	5	3	0	1	2	17
Collin Gillespie	28:10	19	6-11	4-9	3-3	0	3	3	6	1	0	3	3	1
Nick Richards	10:39	8	4-7	0-0	0-0	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	-5
Isaiah Livers	12:37	5	1-3	1-3	2-3	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	3
Jordan Goodwin	21:47	10	4-10	2-5	0-0	2	2	4	1	3	1	1	2	1
Oso Ighodaro	16:05	14	6-7	0-0	2-2	3	1	4	1	0	0	1	2	7
Rasheer Fleming	09:59	4	0-4	0-2	4-4	3	4	7	0	0	0	2	0	-6
Nigel Hayes-Davis	03:36	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	-3
Jamaree Bouyea	03:26	3	1-2	1-1	0-0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	-3
Khaman Maluach	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grayson Allen	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Koby Brea	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jalen Green	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Portland Trail Blazers	MIN	PTS	FGM-A	3PM-A	FTM-A	ORB	DRB	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	PF	±
Kris Murray^SF	25:08	3	1-4	1-3	0-0	2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	-29
Toumani Camara^PF	32:15	6	2-10	2-9	0-0	1	1	2	3	1	0	4	3	-17
Donovan Clingan^C	23:26	9	3-8	0-0	3-3	7	5	12	2	0	5	2	1	-15
Shaedon Sharpe^SG	29:39	29	12-24	0-6	5-7	0	2	2	3	1	0	2	0	-20
Deni Avdija^PG	29:11	19	7-17	2-6	3-4	1	4	5	5	0	0	1	2	-23
Caleb Love	32:07	17	7-14	3-8	0-0	1	6	7	3	1	0	3	1	8
Sidy Cissoko	28:07	8	2-7	1-4	3-3	1	2	3	5	2	0	2	2	2
Robert Williams III	08:06	4	2-2	0-0	0-0	1	1	2	0	1	0	1	0	0
Duop Reath	10:25	3	1-2	1-2	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5
Rayan Rupert	08:27	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	2
Yang Hansen	13:08	9	4-7	0-2	1-1	1	4	5	3	0	1	3	0	2
Jerami Grant	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Scoot Henderson	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Jrue Holiday	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Damian Lillard	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Javonte Cooke	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Matisse Thybulle	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Blake Wesley	00:00	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Regular-Beat268 | Mavericks

146 | a day ago

Sometimes I’ll be really impressed with how the “new look” Suns are playing and then I stop to assess who’s on the court and it’s literally just 4-5 guys who were on the team last season. I think at one point a lineup of Gillespie, Goodwin, Royce, Dunn, and Oso was just crushing it out there.

Development for the young guys helps I’m sure but I think Ott deserves a lot of credit. And if I was a GM looking for a new head coach, nothing in the world could make me go with one of these tired retreads like Malone or Thibs after seeing the results of the JJs, Otts, and Daigneaults of the world.

Not only are they probably hungrier to prove themselves, but if you do swing and miss you can fire them without being on the hook for $70M or whatever the hell Monty Williams was making.

defiantcross | Suns

57 | a day ago

We are seeing that most teams are most likely not min/maxing their personnel by any stretch of the imagination. The Thunder are supreme in this but Ott is making progress with the Suns in that regard.

ajteitel | Suns

50 | a day ago

OKC is more like max/maxing

sbstooge | Grizzlies

46 | a day ago

Memphis trying the rare min/min approach

packfanmoore | Suns

15 | 21 hours ago

What the fuck are the wizards doing?

reallinguy | Pistons

26 | 21 hours ago

Their best

According_One811 | Suns

8 | 21 hours ago

We sure about that?

Capo_capo | Suns

5 | 21 hours ago

Farming boars

samurairocketshark | Suns

7 | 21 hours ago

You guys are just max/min tbh. Have them show a glimpse of their max potential and then get injured and/or washed in the following seasons. I don’t watch a ton of Grizzlies but they always look better on paper

sbstooge | Grizzlies

7 | 21 hours ago

Grizzlies are actually leading the league in hypothetically healthy lineups

samurairocketshark | Suns

1 | 11 hours ago

Surpassing the Pelicans at their own game

buddaaaa | Suns

4 | 21 hours ago

They’re actually triple max advantaged with their war chest of draft capital

ajteitel | Suns

4 | 21 hours ago

I stole Presti’s managerial playbook. It had one page and all it said was lolclippers

Much-Recognition-180

3 | 15 hours ago

76ers are doing a max/maxey approach

EchoHevy5555

22 | 21 hours ago

I was talking about this earlier today with someone

They were saying not everyone can replicate what the Thunder are doing with depth because there aren’t 400 players at that level. I personally think there are, you just have to give them the time and reps to develop, and have a coaching staff that makes everyone feel like they have a shot

Suitable_Ant_7685

15 | 21 hours ago

you also see it with players like Austin Reeves. He might be out of the league if he landed in the wrong spot.

EchoHevy5555

3 | 21 hours ago

I’d be interested in comparing the success of players drafted after pick 45/ undrafted from like 2007-2017 and 2021 to present

I think we’d find that with all the injuries, 2 way contracts and run way these players get we find way more functional players then ever before creating a much deeper nba.

I mean look at the Thunder every player has played at least 66 minutes (Youngblood) except for the 4 players who haven’t played yet.

Sikkly290 | Suns

1 | 11 hours ago

See the Spurs constantly drafting in the 20s for 15 years and still building contenders throughout. Obviously you need a base of a superstar to do that, no one will argue against that. But look at like the Bucks. They didn’t fuck up completely, they did enough for Giannis to get them a title. But by and large they’ve put questionable teams up around him for all but 2-3 seasons.

Meanwhile teams like the Spurs or Heat or OKC just always seem to build a competitive team, with a minimal amount of downtime needed for their rebuilds.

Imthegoat175 | Suns

20 | a day ago

They’ve been buying in. This new offense is a complete 180 for me to what I’ve been accustomed to watching the last few years with nonstop iso ball.

EchoHevy5555

3 | 21 hours ago

Complete 360? So it’s the same?

buddaaaa | Suns

2 | 21 hours ago

180

cantmakeusernames | Suns

20 | 21 hours ago

I was the biggest fan in the world of trading for KD but I truly believe he killed our culture. Absolutely zero intensity, and he refuses to play into any kind of pace/motion offense. I understand how good his on/off stats were with us, but it’s because he makes the team play in a way that only he can be effective.

_Meece_ | Lakers

10 | 21 hours ago

Saw it the entire Nuggets series his first time there, just no intensity from the Suns. Like no one wanted to be there.

ChargedCable | Suns

16 | 20 hours ago

because it’s not KD ball. Everyone talks about how KD can fit in every offense but in reality your offense devolves into KD isos on the block because he’ll complain about being put in the corner or being asked to screen on the ball.

KD wants to play like a guard, but he doesn’t have the handle or the passing ability anymore to do so so he just turns it over when the game is on the line.

Important_Leather677

1 | 8 hours ago

or could it be beal? since clippers vibe sucks now and rockets are doing well

Ok_Possible_5702

14 | 21 hours ago

For all the “JJs, Otts, and Daigneaults of the world”, there are also the new disaster-coaches Keefe, Lee, Ham (and I’d put Doug Christie in this category too)…

Choosing a brand new coach at his first HC experience is not always a win.

Thfcaditya112 | Suns

8 | 18 hours ago

Lee was highly rated at Boston I just think it’s more on Hornets then on him

Ok_Possible_5702

1 | 12 hours ago

I disagree. I don’t watch the Hornets that much (who does?), but when I do it still seems that they’re trying to play like the Celtics do - shooting many 3s, for better or worse.

However, they don’t have the personnel to make it work. Unlike the Celtics, most of their players are not average-to-good 3P shooters, and the 3s are not particularly high quality shots (like the healthy C’s often get, thanks to ball movement and players threatening to drive to the basket).

If you’re not adapting your team strategy to your players’ strengths, you’re a bad coach (imho).

Icy_Collection_7305

1 | 9 hours ago

the hornets are going nowhere. maximizing that roster is pointless vs. building an identity.

FeedbackSmart2162 | NBA

14 | a day ago

KD’s good for the honeymoon phase of a team but if they haven’t won with him after a season it all starts going downhill

buddaaaa | Suns

45 | 21 hours ago

A lot of blame gets shoved on KD for the last couple years in PHX and I get it, but it’s hard to overstate how badly the Beal trade fucked this team and Bud was a lame duck hire

Aidanator800 | Hornets

20 | 21 hours ago

Yeah, KD’s first half-season with the team was great, and the Suns gave the eventual champion Nuggets the biggest fight out of any team that they faced in the playoffs that year. It was 2024 and especially 2025 where things went downhill.

krg779

9 | 18 hours ago

Absolutely. You reverse the KD trade and stick him out there with Book, Allen, Dunn, and Williams with Ott coaching, and I think Phoenix looks pretty good.

What killed the Suns the past couple of years were Tyus Jones being promised the starting point guard spot and having to rely on guys like Beal and Eric Gordon to be actual contributors.

Gagabubu777

11 | a day ago

As Doc Rivers to that list, he belongs on that list even with a job

Exotic_Pension_9993 | Suns

103 | a day ago

I do not care who is out for the other team. We don’t have our pick and need to stack as many wins as possible lmao

MattyIce1635 | Suns

57 | a day ago

Get Gillespie sixth man of the year

Thfcaditya112 | Suns

26 | a day ago

I hope we find a way to keep him here for a long time because I genuinely believe there is a good market for him for teams who need PGs like Timberwolves and Magic. He has played his way into a good contract

ajteitel | Suns

48 | 21 hours ago

Nah, he’s a terrible player, locker room cancer, and microwaves fish in the break room. No one should touch him.

SarcasticlySpeaking | Suns

24 | 21 hours ago

Yeah, I heard he burns popcorn in the microwave on purpose too.

ajteitel | Suns

8 | 21 hours ago

He leaves one second on the microwave every time

SarcasticlySpeaking | Suns

5 | 21 hours ago

And he just walks away from it with the door open.

defiantcross | Suns

9 | 21 hours ago

He is known for fucking head coaches’ wives/sisters/daughters too. Cant risk that

Thfcaditya112 | Suns

3 | 21 hours ago

He would fit well in with Ant if that’s the case

sidepart | Suns

1 | 12 hours ago

Puts the TP roll on the opposite of the way everyone else prefers. I also hear he’s not much of a lunch pail kind of guy.

kidshorty | Trail Blazers

44 | a day ago

They are never giving us a national game again lolllll

CruzAndChill

1 | 4 hours ago

I was so confused at first. I live outside AZ and have NBA League Pass on Prime, but it kept telling me to buy Peacock Premium to watch the game. Luckily I already had Peacock, so watching the Suns on “the Cock” for the first time was definitely a new experience.

randomusernamewhynot

35 | a day ago

Ott is easily the COTY so far

Over_Struggle_5520

35 | a day ago

Dear lord that was ugly, gg suns. Glad Hansen got to show his abilities at least

TrunkBud | Suns

1 | 5 hours ago

We love our BlazerBuddies now that you guys have a new center

CruzAndChill

1 | 4 hours ago

We want what you have with Yang but with Maluach. But ManMan doesn’t play much.

Yummy_Microplastics

32 | a day ago

63 points from out bench, holy fuck. I thinks that’s our total from last year.

koiz_01

32 | a day ago

I feel for Portland fans that watched that. That was rough.

Over_Struggle_5520

26 | a day ago

Yeah it was lmao, suns cooked our ass

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

17 | a day ago

We know it is going to be brutal until they get healthy. Having 0 PGs is definitely an experience.

butterflyhole | Trail Blazers

5 | 21 hours ago

Didn’t think it’d be THAT bad. The start of the third quarter was absurd.

Own-Fall-5744

2 | 21 hours ago

Will there be any pgs available tomorrow?

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

8 | 21 hours ago

Probably not. Jrue is day to day and he is literally the only PG possibility. Scoot is at least a few weeks away as far as we know. The hope is to maybe have Jerami Grant back to get some scoring on the floor but he has an illness.

Own-Fall-5744

2 | 21 hours ago

So basically the same players as today then.

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

7 | 21 hours ago

Yep expecting heavy minutes for Love and Cissoko plus Deni and Shaedon trying to initiate offense. It is going to be tough sledding for Portland for a while. Gotta get healthy and hope for a good run when the schedule softens after the new year.

sidepart | Suns

2 | 12 hours ago

What do you mean? Totally worked for the SUNS back in 23-24! ^/s

CruzAndChill

1 | 4 hours ago

Sharpe is a layup merchant; he can get to the cup whenever he wants. Just imagine if the man could shoot the 3 at 40%

likpoper | Trail Blazers

4 | 21 hours ago

Totally zero guard play and three point shooting. It is just sharpe and Deni running through the walls.

ajteitel | Suns

28 | a day ago

Gillespie my beloved

heat_fan_ | Raptors

23 | a day ago

Great team win by the Suns

6 players in double digits called sharing the wealth

Foyerfan | Suns

21 | 21 hours ago

Suns have been up 18+ in their last 12 games. That’s an insane number for their current record.

8-2 in the last 10 baby!

Victor_Wembanyama1 | Spurs

19 | 21 hours ago

I hate how good Gillespie is lmao. He’s a nightmare to defend

Renegadeforever2024 | Raptors

22 | 21 hours ago

suns coach got be in the coach of the year discussion

Exciting-Tear1079

19 | 21 hours ago

Suns defense looks really annoying to play against. Brooks definitely bringing in the culture here lol

smangxx | Trail Blazers

16 | a day ago

What having 0 point guards does to a mf

cacti_zoom | Suns

18 | a day ago

9-6 and i feel like our record doesnt represent us.

Should already have 10 wins if we had some slightly better health.

Oh well. This team is so fun too watch

defiantcross | Suns

11 | 21 hours ago

With just a handful fewer late game mistakes we could be anywhere from 10-5 to 12-3. But we cant afford to make mistakes in the clutch

azboo13 | Suns

2 | 12 hours ago

I’m just happy watching good basketball, win or lose it is fun to watch

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

18 | a day ago

Only players in double figures for Portland were Deni, Shaedon and a rookie who more than tripled his previous career high. Brutal rotation rn

likpoper | Trail Blazers

5 | 21 hours ago

We have at least 4 players that shouldn’t be in nba.

jnicholass | Suns

2 | 21 hours ago

How in the fuck did you guys beat OKC

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

11 | 21 hours ago

And Denver. The only team to beat both. The answer is Portland got decimated by injuries and has had to change their entire style. Lost Thybulle and Wesley on the first road trip then Jrue a few days ago and add in no Jerami tonight. No Scoot at all yet this season. Can’t play pace and press anymore because they just don’t have enough bodies or talent for it.

AceMcStace | Trail Blazers

5 | 21 hours ago

Well we were healthier then

Not so much now

TB_016 | Trail Blazers

16 | a day ago

Down Thybulle/Wesley/Jrue/Grant/Scoot is brutal. Portland just doesn’t have enough offensive firepower to be this injured. They can’t even play the pace and press style that was winning them games early in the season because they just don’t have the bodies for it.

VanwallEnjoy3r | Suns

13 | a day ago

Less is more.

SarcasticlySpeaking | Suns

8 | 21 hours ago

Addition by subtraction.

sidepart | Suns

1 | 12 hours ago

All things aligned.

Late_Emu_810

10 | a day ago

I love that we just reloaded. I hate the new nba where everyone cheers on teams losing as much as possible and wants every team to “blow it up” and pray they’ll be good in 5 years

butterflyhole | Trail Blazers

20 | 21 hours ago

The only reason that doesn’t happen is because Booker is ride or die. Most stars would request a trade.

Sikkly290 | Suns

16 | 21 hours ago

Thats why we fucking love him. Said it many times but I’m happy to be a middling fun team if Booker is happy being on a middling fun team.

JimmyToucan | Suns

3 | 19 hours ago

And because there’s no reason to trade him until a fictional ask out anyways

Would have to gut every player worth a damn from the team if the wizards grizzlies nets hornets jazz valued our role players over their shot at our tank production for all the owed picks/swaps (this assumes a Houston trade - even more fcked if he doesn’t go there)

Shoutout dame for showing Booker the grass ain’t always greener

fuzzythinker | Nuggets

14 | 21 hours ago

Is it a Men of steals night for the Suns? 19 total steals by:
Ryan Dunn: 5
Brooks, Booker, Goodwin: 3
O’Neale, Williams: 2
Gillespie: 1

Foyerfan | Suns

6 | 21 hours ago

I think they are 4th in steals? Definitely not the last place defense that the Ringer predicted

ChargedCable | Suns

8 | 20 hours ago

Steals =/= good defense but it sure helps tell a story. This next 12ish game stretch will be massive for figuring out what this team is.

willwindowsill | Australia

10 | a day ago

what missing all 5 of your point guards does to a team

WusijiX | Suns

10 | a day ago

Suns got a new player stepping up every game

Kuntsaw | Suns

1 | 5 hours ago

Its like first season Digimon. Every episode someone else Digivolves and steps up to save the day.

Sunnyinphx01

11 | 21 hours ago

Suns had 19 steals

ChargedCable | Suns

8 | 20 hours ago

This is now the 2nd time this year Booker hasn’t had to play in the 4th quarter in a win. Only happened once last year (Spurs 81st game) and twice in 23-24. What a crazy team.

And it probably should’ve been the third if they didn’t squander a lead against the Hawks their last game. Nice job by Ott and Co. for getting the message across almost immediately.

defiantcross | Suns

8 | a day ago

Only one Sun surpassed 30mins too

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6 | a day ago

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bot_nah

3 | 21 hours ago

Yeah their next games can be intimidating. Nice that they maintained the lead unlike the game vs hawks

rattatatouille | SAS

6 | 21 hours ago

The El Bandito Suns strike again.

bot_nah

4 | a day ago

I missed the 3rd quarter, the heck happened.

First half, I thought the blazers were doing fine while suns a bit underperforming

kalebglover | Trail Blazers

19 | a day ago

Stopped doing fine and the Suns stopped underperforming lol

bot_nah

7 | 21 hours ago

That made me chuckle. From what I saw, Shaedon had easy layups and Deni had some nice possesions. Hansen is pretty fun, I get why the crowd cheers for him (reminds me of Bol Bol suns)

defiantcross | Suns

8 | 21 hours ago

Yang will have a future in this league.

LinuxDootTP | POR

5 | 21 hours ago

we sorely miss jrue, jerami, and blake wesley. our playmaking is beyond ass without jrue and jerami, and its felt like weve lost our hustle without wesley. ive been so shocked with what little ive seen from him, cuz i figured he was just a meme player who couldnt crack san antonio’s deep bench, but he has been a legit breath of fresh air. hustle like craxy, shows everyone else how they need to play. saw no energy from the team tonight, and we couldnt secure the ball off passes or rebounds for our life.

collin gillespie is a fucking dawg, do not like playing against him.

keljinBLEVINScousin | NBA

4 | 21 hours ago

Damn all 19 TOs for Blazers came from steals

toadtruck | Trail Blazers

5 | 21 hours ago

Yang tho…

Several-Estate7175 | Trail Blazers

3 | a day ago

It baffles the mind that a guard in 2025 as talented as Sharpe is such a poor jump shooter. I think it’s got to be somewhat psychological at this point. If he can ever get the three point shot turned around he’ll be an unstoppable scorer. Also I like Yang minutes tonight good to see him play pretty well in a game

Aestro17 | Trail Blazers

3 | 21 hours ago

You don’t even need to see the score when Caleb Love and Sidy Cissoko combine for over 60 minutes.

Hell, Love did okay given the circumstances. I should probably bag on Murray there instead. You just know the team’s in bad shape if Love is getting those minutes in the first place.

The Phoenix Suns (9-6) defeat the Portland Trail Blazers (6-8), 127-110 as no Suns players surpassed 20 pts tonight