Overview
- Devin Booker scored 31 points and Dillon Brooks added 27 as Phoenix held off New York, combining for nine made threes with Royce O’Neale and Grayson Allen delivering key late plays.
- The Suns seized control with a 14-0 run late in the third quarter to go up 92-80 before the Knicks rallied to tie the game at 101.
- With 13.5 seconds left, Grayson Allen disrupted Jalen Brunson’s pass under pressure that included Oso Ighodaro’s defense, then sank free throws to help close it out.
- New York committed 17 turnovers to Phoenix’s eight, a gap the Suns converted into crucial points in a tight finish.
- The loss is the Knicks’ fifth in six games as they play on in Portland on Sunday without Josh Hart and Landry Shamet, while the Suns continue their homestand against Washington on Jan. 11.