Overview
- Brooks, back Tuesday in Orlando after more than a month out, picked up two quick fouls and a technical less than two minutes into the game following words with Paolo Banchero.
- Devin Booker and Desmond Bane also received technical fouls during the early exchange that set a chippy tone.
- The whistle put Brooks at 17 technicals, most in the NBA, after a one-game ban at 16, and the next threshold at 18 would trigger another automatic suspension under league rules.
- He struggled in his first game back, finishing with 9 points on 4-for-13 shooting as the Suns fell 115-111 to the Magic.
- The return follows surgery for a fractured left hand suffered Feb. 21, and it comes with Phoenix 42-33 and trying to secure play-in seeding late in the regular season.