Overview
- Phoenix converted a season-high 22 L.A. turnovers into 32 points and dominated the break 28-2, overwhelming the hosts on the back end of a back-to-back.
- Devin Booker exited in the first quarter with a groin issue, yet Dillon Brooks scored 33 and Collin Gillespie had a career-best 28 with eight threes.
- Luka Dončić poured in 38 but committed nine turnovers; LeBron James finished with 10 points on 3-of-10 shooting as L.A. fell to 15-5.
- Coach J. J. Redick questioned his team’s effort and transition defense, saying the Suns “exposed” them and likening the performance to “the Monstars” taking over.
- Elsewhere, Joel Embiid returned from a knee absence in the 76ers’ double-overtime loss to Atlanta, which featured an officials’ miscommunication on a timeout that crew chief James Capers later acknowledged.