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Phoenix Suns at Brooklyn Nets

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22-21, 9-13 Away
Final
108 - 84

14-31, 5-14 Home

Booker and Durant lead the Suns to a 108-84 victory over the short-handed Nets

Day'Ron Sharpe accidentally scores in the wrong hoop

Booker shot 14 for 24 from the field to quickly get back on track after getting held to 15 points Monday in a loss to Cleveland that snapped his five-game streak with 30 or more.

Nick Richards grabbed 15 rebounds in his second start for the Suns, who went back above .500 at 22-21 while playing without Bradley Beal.

Keon Johnson scored 20 points for the Nets, who lost their fifth straight. Jalen Wilson added 15.

The Nets were missing key players such as former Sun Cam Johnson, Cam Thomas, D'Angelo Russell and Ben Simmons in their ninth straight home loss.

Takeaways Suns: After reaching the midpoint of its schedule with a .500 record, Phoenix can quickly get a good start to the second half with games against Brooklyn and NBA-worst Washington, which it plays next.

Nets: Durant noted that his former team has done well acquiring draft assets, which could pay off nicely in the future but doesn't do the Nets any good on the court for now.

Key moment The Suns led only 39-36 with 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first half. A 10-2 burst pushed the lead into double digits and the lead stayed there for the entire second half.

Key stat Durant reached 20 points for the 20th consecutive game, four shy of the franchise record.

Up next The Nets host Miami on Saturday, when they will retire Hall of Famer Vince Carter's No. 15 jersey during a halftime ceremony. The Suns host Washington that night.

Regular Season Series

Series tied 1-1

Recent Plays

4th 0.0 End of Game 108 - 84
4th 0.0 End of the 4th Quarter 108 - 84
4th 11.1 Keon Johnson makes driving dunk (Reece Beekman assists) 108 - 84
4th 19.0 Collin Gillespie makes two point shot (Damion Lee assists) 108 - 82
4th 40.2 Bol Bol defensive rebound 106 - 82

Statistics

https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/phx.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originPHX https://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/teamlogos/nba/500/bkn.png&h=100&scale=crop&w=100&location=originBKN
42-88 FG 34-91
48 Field Goal % 37
14-41 3PT 7-36
34 Three Point % 19
10-13 FT 9-14
77 Free Throw % 64
48 Rebounds 52
11 Offensive Rebounds 20
37 Defensive Rebounds 32
28 Assists 16
9 Steals 8
1 Blocks 1
11 Turnovers 16
0 Team Turnovers 1
11 Total Turnovers 17
0 Technical Fouls 0
0 Total Technical Fouls 0
0 Flagrant Fouls 0
10 Points Conceded Off Turnovers 13
15 Fast Break Points 0
52 Points in Paint 50
12 Fouls 11
28 Largest Lead 0
Brooklyn Nets Brooklyn Nets Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Nolan Traore, G Out Apr 12
Nic Claxton, C Out Apr 11
Ziaire Williams, F Out Apr 11
Noah Clowney, F Out Apr 11
Terance Mann, G Out Apr 11
Phoenix Suns Phoenix Suns Injuries
NAME, POS STATUS DATE
Jordan Goodwin, G Out Apr 27
Mark Williams, C Out Apr 26

Game Information

Barclays Center

Location: Brooklyn, NY
Attendance: 17,077 · Capacity:

2025-26 Pacific Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
LA Lakers 53 29 .646 - W3
Phoenix 45 37 .549 8 W1
LA Clippers 42 40 .512 11 W1
Golden State 37 45 .451 16 L3
Sacramento 22 60 .268 31 L1

2025-26 Atlantic Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Boston 56 26 .683 - W2
New York 53 29 .646 3 L1
Toronto 46 36 .561 10 W1
Philadelphia 45 37 .549 11 W2
Brooklyn 20 62 .244 36 L3
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