Kings 125 - 130 Suns summary, stats, scores and highlights | NBA
With a one point lead, under a minute left the Suns truster their newest teammate to take the biggest shot of the night to stretch the lead out of four with 47 seconds to go. The former Brooklyn Net was debuting in front of his new home fans and immediately got in their good graces with this three ball that sealed the Suns fourth win in their last five.
The Kings have lost five of six, and are going in opposite of the Suns who sit right above them in the standings. The good news is the Suns got the W, the bad news is they might have lost Bradley Beal at least for a few games after he left the game with a hamstring injury.
The lead never stretched over 11 for the Kings, but they were up by double digits at the end of the second and third quarter to close the gap before halftime and the final 12 minutes.
Eric Gordon went off in the first half, bringing back shade of his youth. He carried the Suns in the first half and ended with 23 points off the bench hitting his first three triples of the night.
Bradley Beal got hurt in the first quarter, and was ruled out for the rest of the game. KD and Booker had just 5 points each after 12 minutes but Durant started to warm up in the second quarter.
Grayson Allen is the unsung hero of this team. He can defend, he can hit the three an on Tuesday he showed he can put the ball on the deck and run the break. He ended the night with 19 points and went 7/10 from the field.
The Phoenix Suns rattled off their fourth win in their last five game with a narrow victory over the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night. Kevin Durant led the Suns with a 28 point, 11 rebound night to to keep Phoenix's good run of form going.
The Suns got off to a great start from the field, but it wasn't the usual cast of characters that got the home side started on the right foot. Grayson Allen and Jusef Nurkic covered for Devin Booker and KD who came out cold to begin the night.
IT'S ALL OVER HERE FROM PHOENIX!
The Suns hold off the Kings in a back and forth game to hand Sacramento their fifth loss in their last six.
Fox misses the three ball and that's going to do it!
Allen at the line and he hits both to all but ice this game with 3.1 to go.
Fox walks to the iron and is allowed an easy lay up.
Booker to the line after the foul on Fox and he hits both this time.
Phoenix almost turned it over but a foul was called on Sabonis. Booker hits one of two FTs at the line, but Allen gets the rebound and Booker gets fouled to go back to the line again.
Murray called for an away from ball foul on the inbounds and that means Booker gets the FT which he hits and PHO keep possession with 18.1 to go.
Sabonis goes right the basket and gets the lay up to go.
Booker on the step back from just inside the arc out of the timeout and the Kings will take a timeout with 32.1 to go!
Fox answers back with a three ball of his own!
Timeout Suns with 41.1 to go in the game.
O'Neale from the win with the shot clock winding down!
Fox on the floater in the lane to cut the lead back to one.
Booker with another short pull up and the Suns lead by 3 with 2:16 to go.
Booker pulls up from the mid range and there's no better time for him to get hot than right now.
Monk with another drive to the bucket and he slams it home this time.
Durant with a pull up jumper from the mid range.
Monk with the ice cream scoop lay up on the right side.
O'Neal with the big jam on the baseline drive off the Booker dish to give the Suns the lead with 3:30 to go.
KD to the line after the foul on Barnes and he hits one of two FTs.
Barnes with the baseline mid range off the feed from Monk.
Durant with the pull up from he mid range to tie the game up.
Booker turned it over and on the other end Sabonis with a mismatch down low and he takes Okogie of the dribble for the dunk.
Fox missed the lay up but Sabonis was there for the tip in! 10-0 run and we are all tied up!
Timeout PHO with 5:25 to go in the 4th!
Sabonis had Allen on his back and he spun right around him and jammed it. 8-0 run for SAC.
Barnes with the stop and pop form the elbow.
Fox to the line after the foul on KD and he hits both FTs this time.
The foul was upgraded to a flagrant one.
Fox missed both FTs, but the Kings get the ball back.
Fox was fouled hard by Allen and he goes flying into the first row. They will take a look to see if that needs to be anything more than a foul.
Murray under the basket and he gets the lay in to go.
Little with a huge bucket from the corner on his first FG of the night.
Fox with he rebound and put back off the offensive board.
Durant with a pump fake, one dribble and pull up from the baseline.
Sabonis with the offensive board and is fouled on the put back! FT is no good.
O'Neale pulls up from the top of the key he drills it! What a turnaround for the Suns who trailed by 11 late in the 3rd quarter!
Timeout Kings with 10:13 to go in the 4th quarter.
Gordon was left alone on the wing and he drills the three ball after the extra pass from O'Neale.
Fox on the fade in the lane off the turn around.
Durant drills the three ball to start the final quarter!
WE ARE HEADED TO THE FINAL QUARTER FROM PHOENIX!!!
Booker into the lane and finds an angle to put in up and in. He's got 15, 10 in this quarter.
O'Neale penetrates and finds Okogie in the corner for the three ball!
Fox with the turn around fade away from the elbow.
Booker weaving in the lane and he banks the runner off the glass.
Fox to the line after the foul on Booker and he hits one of two.
Timeout Kings with 2:43 to go in the 3rd quarter.
Sabonis was fouled after the offensive rebound and he goes to the line where he hits both.
He now has a triple double, his 18th of the season to lead the league.
Booker to the line after the foul on Mitchell and he hits both FTs.
Okogie to the line after the foul on Barnes and he hits both FTs.
Allen had to throw up a prayer from downtown with the shot clock winding down and his prayer is answered!
Booker makes the technical FT after a defensive three seconds.
Monk drives it baseline and finishes with the reverse lay up over KD.
Booker hanging in the lane and he hits the floater and gets the foul! FT is good from Book.
Sabonis with the one handed slam off the feed from Monk down the lane.
Nurkic to the line after the foul on Sabonis and he hits both FTs.
Allen slices through the lane and gets the lay up to fall over two defenders.
Fox to the line after the foul on Gordon and he hits both FTs.
Fox got his own rebound off a missed three and drills it on the second attempt.
KD with a tough shot off the dribble and the time winding down and he hits it over the defender.
Barnes with the runner on the right side of the lane and he kissed it off the glass.
Nurkic with the lay up AND 1 off the Allen dish. FT is good.
KD with the fader in the lane out of the timeout.
Sabonis getting the feed from Fox who came up with the steal and hit him for another lay up in transition.
Timeout Suns with 9:45 to go in the third quarter.
Sabonis with the rebound on one end, runs the break and finds Murray for the lay up.
Fox to the line after the foul on Allen, and he hits both FTs.
Sabonis finds Barnes in the corner and he drills the three ball for his first points of the night.
KD to the line after the foul on Sabonis and he hits one of two FTs.
WE ARE BACK IN PLAY FOR THE SECOND HALF OF ACTION FROM PHOENIX.
KD has 13 but Booker is stuck on five points. Luckily Eric Gordon is turning back the hands of time, hitting threes, putting it on the deck and occasionally showing that he can still get up.
KD came to life in the second quarter after Bradley Beal was ruled out with a hamstring injury he suffered in the first half.
Sabonis is already knocking on the door for a triple double, and got going early on. He had 6 assists in the first quarter, many to Fox who had a 12 in the first quarter.
It was Allen and Nurkic who got things cooking, but it would take Gordon to come off the bench for the offense to really switch on.
Both teams got off to great starts from the field, but the Suns needed their role players to step up after Booker and KD were silenced for the first 12 minutes.
WE ARE HEADED TO THE HALFTIME BREAK!!!
PHO went on a 7-0 run to close the gap to three in the final minute of the half.
KD slipped through a couple defenders and Booker found him for the open jam.
Allen driving to the bucket on the break and he gets the lay up to fall AND 1!!! FT is good.
O'Neale over the top and Gordon comes crashing down the baseline for the alley oop!
Monk fouled by Booker and he hits both FTs.
Gordon fouled by Murray and he hits both FTs.
Sabonis with the eurostep and lay up and he's got 19 and 8 assists already.
Gordon with another triple! He's got 16 off the bench!
Sabonis with a tip in off the miss from Fox.
Sabonis draws the double team and finds MItchell in the corner for three!
Gordon on the deep spot up off the dish from Booker.
Okogie to the line after the foul on Monk and he hits both FTs.
Monk with the steal on one end and gets the tough lay up in traffic to fall.
Timeout Suns with 5:53 to go in the 2nd quarter.
Monk had Bol on skates and drilled the pull up from the elbow.
Monk on a tear drop in the lane and he's getting close to 20.
Eubanks finds Alln streaking to the rim and found him for the lay up.
Monk on a baseline drive and a double clutch jam!
TImeout SAC with 7:24 to go in the second quarter
Sabonis back in the game and back on the board with a lay in with the shot clock winding down.
O'Neale to the line after the foul on Len and he hits one of two FTs.
Allen turned it over and Huerter ran the floor and got rewarded with a lay up.
Lin with the tap back offensive board and Fox drills the three ball. He's got three already.
Durant with a pump fake and a mid range J on the baseline and he's red hot in this second quarter.
Timeout Suns with under 10 to go in the second quarter.
KD to the line after the foul on Edwards and he his both FTs.
Beal has been ruled out with a hamstring injury.
Monk to the line and he drops both FTs after the foul on Nurkic.
Durant hits the baseline over a couple of defenders.
Fox with the turn around fade away in the lane.
WE ARE AT THE END OF THE FIRST QUARTER
Both teams came out of the gate scorching. SAC shot 65.2% and 50% from downtown. Sabonis has 13-3-6 while Fox has 12.
PHO shot 4/5 from downtown and they are shooting 65.2% fro th field. Gordon is the only one in double figures, as KD has 5, and Booker has 5. Beal went to the bench holding his leg and he has not come back into the game.
Huerter off the dribble and he hits the fader in the lane.
Booker to the line after the foul on Ellis and he hits both FTs.
Okogie dribbled it off his foot, Sabonis scooped it and hit Fox for the transition slam.
Sabonis to the line after the foul on O'Neale and he hits both FTs.
Gordon with the off balance floater off the glass and he's in double digits.
Sabonis on the slash to the bucket after the pick and roll and he hits the lay up and gets the foul! FT is good.
Gordon finds Eubanks at the FT line where he takes a drill and slams it hoe.
Sabonis on the hook shot in the lane.
Monk floats one up and in after the handoff from Sabonis at the FT line.
Booker hits the second of two FTs after the timeout.
Booker fouled by Murray and he hits if the first of two before the Kings call a timeout with 3:11.
Sabonis to the line and he hits both FTs after the foul on Allen.
Nurkic got bumped on his runner and got the bucket to go! FT is no good.
Sabonis banging down low and he puts it back after hitting the glass hard.
Monk pulls up from the elbow and drills the mid range jumper.
Allen going back to the bucket and kissing it off the glass.
Gordon gets into the paint and floats it up and in.
Allen answers back with a three ball of his own and both teams are lightlng up the scoreboard.
Huerter drops a three ball from the wing.
Allen puts it on the deck and finishes with the finger roll out of the break.
Huerter picks off KD and finds Fox on the break for the wide open slam and the Suns need a TO with 6:08 to go in the first quarter.
Fox gets inside the paint and finishes in traffic.
Gordon with a triple try in the corner and he's got six quick points off the bench.
Sabonis pulls down the offensive board and he gets the follow to go.
Gordon with the streak to the basket and he gets the bucket AND 1!! FT is good.
Booker gets on to the score sheet with a short runner in the lane.
Fox with a triple from the wing and he drills his second three of the opening quarter.
Beal with the mid range jumper from the baseline and he's got 5 quick ones.
KD pulls up from the top of the key and drills the long ball.
Murray with a strong drive to the basket and he stretches for the jam
Kickout from Durant for Beal and he drills the three ball in the corner.
Huerter drills a triple try from the win and the Kings are out of the gate hot from DT.
Allen finds Nurkic streaking down the lane and he soars to the iron for the slam.
Durant gets on the board with a mid range pull up from the baseline.
Fox starts his night off with a triple try and that's a great sight for the Kings who haven't seen him score more than 20 in the last four games.
WE ARE UNDERWAY FROM PHOENIX!!!
Tonight's odds
The Suns are 4.5 point favorites with the Over/Under set at 245.5.
The Suns are finding their groove and I don't think the Kings come in and stop their skid against this complete team. When Booker gets going and the rest of the crew join along, this is a tough team to stop, I don't care who they are playing.
Suns win 130-119.
Suns starters
The Suns like having Grayson Allen in the starting five to bring a bit of grit on the defensive end and another shooter on the other end. Nurkic is down low and it's the Big Three that will lead the way tonight. Every time these three are on the court it's a good thing for the Suns. Not just tonight but for the future of this team.
Kings starting five
Mike Brown brought his big guns to the desert so might as well use them. Fox and Sabonis lead a first five with Huerter, Barnes and Murray in as the supporting cast. This is the same five that led the Kings to the playoffs and almost beat the Warriors in the first round.
How the West is looking
Taking a look at the Western Conference standings coming into tonight we see the Suns and the Kings neck and neck at 6 and 7. There is just a half game that separates the two teams in a conference in which 8.5 games are between the one seed Timberwolves and the eight seed Mavericks. There is a big gap between the fourth and fifth seed, so at the moment the Nuggets can rest easy knowing they have a four game lead on the Pelicans in fifth place. The priority for the Suns will be to get into the top four before the season ends, and the Kings will be aiming to keep out of the Play-In Tournament which they would currently have the top seed in if the season ended today.
De'Aron's gone cold?
Last year the Kings made their long awaited return to the playoffs after almost two decades with out a playoff appearance. They were lead by the inside out combo of DeAron Fox and Domantas Sabonis. Fox is having a career year, posting 26.4 points per game a shooting a career best 37.6% from behind the arc but he has hit a bit of a rough patch over the last few games. In the last four games, Fox failed to score 20+ points and that has led to span of three losses in four games.
Beal in the building
Phoenix is rising. It took them a while to figure things out, but ever since their Big Three got healthy and started to string some games together, you can see just how dangerous this team is going to be. Their last second loss to the Warriors was just their fourth loss since the 8th of January. One of their big three have scored 30+ points in each one of those 16 games since early January except two. KD and Booker are averaging 28 points each, and Beal is getting 18.7, which is well under his average over the last few years, but he’s hitting almost 50% of his shots because he’s getting great looks thanks to KC and Book drawing double teams. His role has changed since joining the Suns. Beal used to be a guy who was competing for the scoring title, but since moving to Phoenix he has gone from being one of the best scorers in the league to being on a team that is a title contender.
Kings last game
After blowing out the defending champions in their last home game, the Kings hit the road to take on another top team in the Western Conference, the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Kings could only keep it close for the first 12 minutes, as Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder ran away with the game in the final 36 minutes. SGA led both teams in scoring, posting 38 as the Thunder stretched the lead out to 24 points. The Kings turned the ball over 18 times and gave up 30 points off those turnovers, which made it impossible for them to get back in the game in the second half and the Thunder cruised to a 127-113 win.
Suns last game
The Suns took the Warriors down to the wire in their game from the Chase Center over the weekend. Both teams had their shares of the lead in a game that never saw a lead climb to more than seven points. Devin Booker and Steph Curry went toe-to-toe has both sharp shooters had 30 point games, but it was Curry who had the last laugh after Booker hit a mid range jumper to take a 112-110 lead. The Warriors got the ball with 2.1 seconds on the clock and set up an out of bounds play for Curry who had time to catch it, turn and launch a long range three than sank the Suns with 0.1 on the clock.
We are live from Footprint Arena
Hello everyone and welcome to the desert where the the Suns are back home after a heart breaking loss to the Warriors over the weekend. Phoenix is starting to hit stride as their Big Three get more and more comfortable on the court together with each passing game. Devin Booker, KD and Bradley Beal welcome the Sacramento Kings who have lost three of their last four games, and are struggling to recapture the magic they brought to the city after with their first playoff appearance in 16 years. These two teams are snug in the Western Conference standings and will most likely be locked in a chase for a direct playoff spot until the end of the season.
Kings vs. Suns live
We’ve got two teams who are neck and neck in the race for playoff positioning as we close in on the All-Star Break. The Phoenix Suns return home after a quick trip to Golden State, and they are set to take on a Sacramento Kings team that is in the midst of a tough three game road trip. AS English will be with you all night providing live coverage, stats, highlights and analysis of tonight’s game from Phoenix.