Rockets, Kevin Durant and Phoenix Suns
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This Monday was supposed to be an important game for the Houston Rockets, especially on the side of Kevin Durant. Tonight's matchup would have been the first fa
Who: Minnesota Timberwolves (10-5, 5-2 away) vs. Phoenix Suns (9-6, 6-2 home) Listen: KMVP 98.7 Starting this Friday night against the Timberwolves, the Suns have a murderers’ row of opponents in the next month of basketball.
The Phoenix Suns made it three wins in a row with a 111–102 victory over the San Antonio Spurs, powered by Dillon Brooks’ 25 points and strong support from Devin Booker, who added 24 and seven assists.
Brooks fouled out of the game with 18 seconds left with a team-high 22 points and Phoenix down a point. Collin Gillespie hit a short pull-up with 6.7 seconds left as the Suns closed on a 9-0 run in the game’s final 49 seconds.
On Friday, the Suns earned a thrilling victory against the Minnesota Timberwolves, winning by a final score of 114-113 to improve their record to 10-6. Brooks had another impressive outing, logging 22 points with five rebounds, one assist and two steals across 37 minutes.
Rodney Rogers, who played 12 seasons in the NBA, including nearly three seasons with the Phoenix Suns, where he won NBA Sixth Man of the Year, died Nov. 21, according to statements issued by Wake Forest University and the NBA. He was 54.
A pair of Phoenix Suns minority owners allege that Mat Ishbia is using the franchise as ‘his personal piggy bank.
The Suns’ housecleaning sent Durant to the Rockets for Brooks, Green, the No. 10 pick last July (which became Duke center Khaman Maluach) and second-rounders. The Suns previously spent four first-rounders (along with Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson) to get Durant from Brooklyn in 2023, so they recouped some of that. Additionally, Green is just 23.