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The Oklahoma City Thunder are taking on the Phoenix Suns to end this two game road swing, this marks the front end of a back to back set wrapping up on Monday against the Charlotte Hornets. This is part of a condensed stretch of Oklahoma City's schedule that doesn't see them have connective off days until Jan. 30 and Jan. 31.
The team may have coasted early, but Devin Booker didn’t. He poured in 27 points in the first half, after dropping 20 in the opening period. Phoenix secured its 20th win of the season by going on a pair of dooming runs that rattled the slumping Kings.
The Suns concluded a four-game road trip with a 129-113 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers before a sellout crowd of 19,432 on Dec. 31 at Rocket Arena. Phoenix (19-14) won the first three games of their road trip against New Orleans in a back-to-back and at Washington, but fell to the Cavaliers (19-16) on New Year's Eve.
The Phoenix Suns (19-13) conclude a four-game road trip on Wednesday, Dec. 31, at the Cleveland Cavaliers (18-16). Phoenix is looking to extend a four-game win streak in Jordan Ott's return to Cleveland — and first game against his former team — since he was hired as the Suns' head coach in early June.
Donovan Mitchell poured in 34 points and three Cavaliers finished with double-doubles in a win over the Suns. Here's how the game unfolded.
With just under four and a half minutes left in the game, Raynaud went down after setting a screen for teammate Russell Westbrook. It didn't look terrible at first, but Westbrook's foot clipped Raynaud's, and his knees turned as a result.
Phoenix forced six turnovers in the third quarter that led to nine points, but Cleveland only coughed it up once in the fourth. The Suns are at their best when forcing turnovers, making 3s, getting on the offensive boards and winning the possession game.
With his 25th point of the night on Feb. 3, 2025 at POR, Devin Booker surpassed Walter Davis as the Suns all-time leading scorer, joining Stephen Curry (Warriors) and Giannis Antetokounmpo (Bucks) as the only active players on the team they hold the franchise scoring record for
The Sacramento Kings have been extremely underwhelming this season, winning just eight of their first 35 games, but rookie big man Maxime Raynaud has been a glaring bright spot for them. However, in the fourth quarter of their loss to the Phoenix Suns,
The Phoenix Suns improved to 3-0 against the Sacramento Kings this season after Jan. 2 win at Mortgage Matchup Center.