PHOENIX– Dillon Brooks’s night is over after scoring 22 points in 21 minutes. He was ejected from Friday night’s game after a Flagrant Foul penalty two on Jamal Murray.
The Phoenix Suns lost their third game of the season to the Denver Nuggets by the final score of 127-120. The Suns’ chaotic style of play from last season returned, but the defense remained their Achilles’ heel in the loss.
PHOENIX– Jordan Ott knows what the Phoenix Suns need. Defense, defense, and more defense. The team is dead last in defensive rating through three games.
The Phoenix Suns' first NBA Cup group stage game against the Denver Nuggets is just a short time away, as they look to take a step forward after a disappointing showing in their first three games.
Who is the X factor for every NBA player this season? We’re not talking about the go-to guy, like Nikola Jokic or Steph Curry. It could be a big-name player, an all-star, or a bench player, but they are the pivot point for their team.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns will have center Oso Ighodaro available tonight against the Denver Nuggets. Ighodaro was listed as questionable in the build-up
The Phoenix Suns are struggling. The Suns are 1-2 and are playing some of the worst defense in the league while the 2-2 Denver Nuggets are having some struggles of their own.
After surprisingly finishing as a top-10 defensive team last season, the Phoenix Suns have not found close to the same success through the first three games of the year.
Three games into the season, the Phoenix Suns already have a problem, and according to Chris Haynes, some players in the locker room are starting to feel it.
Not much has gone right for the Phoenix Suns to start the season, but they have an opportunity to turn things around in their first NBA Cup group play game tonight against the Denver Nuggets.
Typically, the path to the NBA for most players is to spend at least a season in college to get high-level basketball and important development under their belts.
For the past three seasons, the Phoenix Suns have had a point guard problem. That problem? The fact that no one besides Devin Booker can truly run the offense.
The Phoenix Suns are among the newer franchises in the NBA, joining the league in 1968. It’s been a painstaking nearly 60 years of existence for the Suns, as they’ve made the NBA Finals three times, but never won a ring.
The Phoenix Suns are sticking with Jalen Green as a playmaker despite growing frustration over their offensive struggles. Head coach Jordan Ott remains patient with the experiment, even as reports of locker room concerns highlight Phoenix’s need for a traditional point guard.
In 2004, Robert Sarver joined a group that bought the Phoenix Suns for $401 million, setting a record for an NBA franchise. Nearly two decades later, ownership changed hands in a deal valued at $4 billion, marking a chapter in the professional basketball business.
Happy Birthday, Devin Booker! Friday marks his 30th trip around the Sun. For most of the last 12 years, the Suns have been rotating around him. Fans have shared the rise, endured frustrating times together, enjoyed unbelievable moments, and lived an NBA Finals run.
The start of the NBA season is infamously known as “October basketball” by many. With an 82-game regular season, the stakes feel low, players are getting legs under them, and new additions are still getting acclimated to their new teams.
Trouble is already brewing in The Grand Canyon State. Phoenix Suns players have already grown frustrated over the team’s lack of a true point guard, Chris Haynes of NBA TV reported on Thursday.
How quickly things change. What exactly happened between the last game of the preseason and the opener against Portland? Complete collapse. That wasn’t supposed to happen, not after last year, not with this team.
The Phoenix Suns have stumbled out of the gate to a 1-2 record to start the 2026-27 NBA season. Devin Booker totaled just three points in the Suns’ last game, a loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, and Jalen Green has also had a rough start to the year.
PHOENIX — Reports of frustration inside the Phoenix Suns’ locker room over the team’s lack of a true point guard drew a sharp response from Arizona Sports’ John Gambadoro, who pushed back on it.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns are facing questions about their offensive identity through three games this season, and one report suggests growing frustration within the locker room over the team’s lack of playmaking.
Phoenix Suns players are reportedly growing frustrated with the absence of a traditional point guard, raising questions about whether their offense can function effectively with playmaking responsibilities divided among several players.
The Suns need to get their offense organized. They also need to stop giving opponents a second turn with the ball. Through Phoenix’s first three games, the rebounding numbers were particularly difficult to overlook.
Devin Booker certainly does not sound thrilled about the state of the Phoenix Suns’ starting lineup at the moment. Booker went out of his way to praise the Suns’ second unit following their 131-122 win over the Golden State Warriors at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz.