While few teams are eager to face the reigning NBA champions, the Oklahoma City Thunder, in the playoffs, Dillon Brooks of the Phoenix Suns is already turning up the heat ahead of their first-round matchup on Sunday.
“Playoff bound”. Two words that, back in October, I never thought I’d be typing about the Phoenix Suns. There’s beauty in the journey. Always is. But the destination takes over after they dispatched the Golden State Warriors on Friday night.
The Golden State Warriors’ season ended in frustration Friday night, and Draymond Green made sure the closing moments matched the tone. Though it came as an emotional turn of events for him, other than that, the tempo was already high.
Dillon Brooks had a million reasons to smile Friday after vanquishing the Golden State Warriors to close out the NBA play-in tournament. Brooks and his Phoenix Suns outlasted the Warriors 111-96 in their do-or-die clash at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz.
Friday was a day of celebration for the Phoenix Suns, beating the Golden State Warriors 111-96 in the Play-In to secure its spot in the postseason. Phoenix entered the season with plenty of doubters, but wing Dillon Brooks wasn’t one of them.
The fireworks came out late in Friday’s Play-In game between the Phoenix Suns and Golden State Warriors. Devin Booker and his team were less than 70 seconds away from securing the Suns a spot in the playoffs when he heard a voice jawing at him from the sidelines.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns played with purpose Friday night, delivering one of their most complete efforts of the season against the Golden State Warriors to punch their ticket to this year’s playoffs.
Jalen Green's 36 points helped lift the Phoenix Suns into the playoffs with a 111-96 play-in win over the visiting Golden State Warriors on Friday. The Suns earned the Western Conference's eighth postseason seed.
LeBron's career can't go on forever, can it? If it were to end tomorrow, it would be the greatest run of sustained excellence the league has ever seen.
Friday showed that a new team plus new city equals a new Jalen Green. The 24-year-old entered the Play-In game versus the Golden State Warriors to face his old demons.
On a Friday night that demanded clarity, the Phoenix Suns delivered a victory, but maybe something more meaningful. Their play-in win over the Golden State Warriors wasn’t clean, wasn’t pretty, though it was driven by Jalen Green.
Last season, Jalen Green struggled as the Golden State Warriors upset his Houston Rockets in the first round of the playoffs. Now a Phoenix Sun, Green got payback.
The Suns received good and bad news on Friday, per Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic. Veteran guard Grayson Allen (left hamstring) was upgraded from questionable to available, but starting center Mark Williams (left foot soreness) was downgraded from questionable to out for Friday’s elimination game vs.
The Phoenix Suns' do-or-die play-in matchup against the Golden State Warriors is just about ready to get underway. Phoenix is looking to avoid being the first No.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns enter tonight's matchup against the Golden State Warriors with everything on the line. We're officially in win or go home territory for the Suns, who would clinch the eighth seed in the West with a win over Golden State.
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker debuted his second signature Nike basketball shoe earlier this season. The Nike Book 2 has not received the same level of attention as its predecessor, but it is starting to drop in more exciting colorways.
Dillon Brooks is more than ready for the latest chapter of his rivalry with the Golden State Warriors. Speaking with reporters this week, the Phoenix Suns swingman Brooks said that he was hoping to face the Warriors in the play-in tournament.
After letting a chance at advancing out of the NBA play-in tournament slip away Tuesday, the Phoenix Suns will look to bounce back in an elimination game Friday.
The Phoenix Suns dropped their play-in game to the Portland Trail Blazers Tuesday night in part because Portland made almost twice as many three-point shots. The 114-110 loss forced the Suns into an elimination game on Friday and exposed an issue with the team's biggest star.