Overview
- Phoenix finished 44-for-77 from the field and 20-for-39 from three to control the game offensively.
- The Suns built a 20-point first-half lead and were up 17 in the fourth before Brooklyn closed to 118-114.
- After Dillon Brooks hit a three and drew a technical, Noah Clowney made the free throw, then a Royce O’Neal corner three restored a safe margin at 124-115.
- Dillon Brooks led with 27 points and Devin Booker had 23, while Collin Gillespie scored 22 and Grayson Allen added 14 off the bench.
- The Nets rested Egor Demin and Cam Thomas and were without Day’Ron Sharpe due to illness, extending a slide of nine losses in 11 January games.