The Phoenix Suns are on the second night of a back-to-back against the New Orleans Pelicans after edging out a close win at Smoothie King Center on Friday.
The Phoenix Suns will face the New Orleans Pelicans for the second straight night this evening, marking their fifth back-to-back of the season. In every previous back-to-back, the team has chosen to sit center Mark Williams.
Sometimes it feels absurd how much time we spend yelling about officiating after games. Then a night like Friday happens and you get dragged right back into it.
Few players are playing better basketball as of late than Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker. Over his past five games, Booker is averaging 28.2 points on 49.5% shooting to go along with six assists and four rebounds per game.
Christmas and the NBA go hand-in-hand. The day serves for the top hoops league in the world, like Thanksgiving for the NFL. However, while the Detroit Lions and Dallas Cowboys are perpetual Thanksgiving participants, the NBA has mixed up the matchups and the teams throughout the years.
It was not the prettiest win this season, but a win the day after Christmas and on the road is tough to do for any team in the NBA, and that is exactly what the Phoenix Suns did against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Devin Booker scored 12 fourth-quarter points and Mark Williams added 10 as the visiting Phoenix Suns held off the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday, 115-108.
It wasn't easy at any point in the Phoenix Suns' ultimate 115-108 win over the New Orleans Pelicans on Friday night, though they got it done on the first night of a four-game road trip.
NEW ORLEANS – Some NBA games tell their story not through the score, but through rhythm. The Phoenix Suns’ Friday night 115-108 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans has done exactly that.
The Phoenix Suns are currently down second-year forward Ryan Dunn in their Friday night contest against the New Orleans Pelicans. With 9:52 left in the second quarter, Dunn saw fellow Suns guard Collin Gillespie jump to contest a layup before being sent backwards, landing on a Dunn's planted leg and bending it awkwardly.
NEW ORLEANS – Every NBA season has nights that quietly define how a team sees itself, and this is one of those nights for the Phoenix Suns. After getting done dealing with their toughest stretch of the season, Phoenix now has to deal with this Pelicans team that is a night and day difference from when the Suns originally faced them.
The Phoenix Suns have now completed the toughest part of their schedule all season long as they gear up for a four-game road trip beginning Friday night.
The Phoenix Suns begin a four-game road swing on Friday night with the first of back-to-back contests against the New Orleans Pelicans. The weekend double-dip in the Big Easy marks the second and third of four matchups between the Western Conference counterparts, with the Suns winning the first in Phoenix 121-98 on Nov.
Coach Jordan Ott's Phoenix Suns will get back after it tonight on the hardwood at the Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix with the press still buzzing about an incident that took place this past Saturday.
Jalen Green has not gotten a chance to show his value for the Phoenix Suns following his offseason move from the Houston Rockets. The 6-foot-4 shooting guard was a key piece in the blockbuster trade that saw Kevin Durant take his talents to Houston, with Green and Dillon Brooks heading to Phoenix.
While Jalen Green “continues to make good progress” in his recovery from strained right hamstring, he will be out at least two-to-three more weeks, according to Suns, who announced that the fifth-year guard will be checked out again at that point (Twitter link via Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic).