Overview
- Following the Suns' 131-122 home win over the Warriors, Devin Booker told reporters that the second unit currently shows more on-court chemistry than the starting five.
- Box-score context cited by outlets showed reserves Luke Kennard and Collin Gillespie with notably strong plus-minus marks while Booker had a modest plus-minus despite scoring 43 points.
- Phoenix is still working Miles Bridges into the starting lineup, and that integration has produced early growing pains for the first unit after an uneven start that included a heavy loss in Portland.
- The bench is being described as a cohesive 10-man rotation led by Collin Gillespie, Jordan Goodwin and Luke Kennard that supplies scoring, defensive effort and clearly defined roles off the bench.
- Booker framed his remarks as praise and a prompt for the starters to copy the bench's selfless play, a development that could push coach Jordan Ott to adjust rotations and give the starters more shared reps.