2019-20 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTS NO DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT 1 10/23 SACRAMENTO W, 124-95 2 10/25 at Denver L, 107-108 (OT) 3 10/26 LA CLIPPERS W, 130-122 4 10/28 UTAH L, 95-96 5 10/30 at Golden State W, 121-110 6 11/2 at Memphis W, 114-105 7 11/4 PHILADELPHIA W, 114-109 8 11/7 MIAMI L, 108-124 9 11/10 BROOKLYN W, 138-112 10 11/12 L.A. LAKERS L, 115-123 11 11/14 ATLANTA W, 128-112 12 11/18 BOSTON L, 85-99 13 11/19 at Sacramento L, 116-120 14 11/21 NEW ORLEANS L, 121-124 15 11/23 at Minnesota W, 100-98 16 11/24 at Denver L, 104-116 17 11/27 WASHINGTON L, 132-140 18 11/29 DALLAS L, 113-120 19 12/2 at Charloe W, 109-104 20 12/4 at Orlando L, 114-128 21 12/5 at New Orleans W, 139-132 (OT) 22 12/7 at Houston L, 109-115 23 12/9 MINNESOTA W, 125-109 24 12/11 MEMPHIS L, 108-115 25 12/14 vs. SAN ANTONIO* L, 119-121 (OT) 26 12/16 PORTLAND L, 110-111 27 12/17 at LA Clippers L, 99-120 28 12/20 at Oklahoma City L, 108-126 29 12/21 HOUSTON L, 125-139 30 12/23 DENVER L, 111-113 31 12/27 at Golden State L, 96-105 32 12/28 at Sacramento W, 112-110 33 12/30 at Portland W, 122-116 34 1/1 at L.A. Lakers L, 107-117 35 1/3 NEW YORK W, 120-112 36 1/5 MEMPHIS L, 114-121 37 1/7 SACRAMENTO L, 103-114 38 1/10 ORLANDO W, 98-94 39 1/12 CHARLOTTE W, 100-92 40 1/14 at Atlanta L, 110-123 41 1/16 at New York W, 121-98 42 1/18 at Boston W, 123-119 43 1/20 SAN ANTONIO L, 118-120 44 1/22 INDIANA L, 87-112 45 1/24 at San Antonio W, 103-99 46 1/26 at Memphis L, 109-114 47 1/28 at Dallas W, 133-104 48 1/31 OKLAHOMA CITY L, 107-111 49 2/2 at Milwaukee L, 108-129 50 2/3 at Brooklyn L, 97-119 51 2/5 at Detroit L, 108-116 52 2/7 HOUSTON W, 127-91 53 2/8 DENVER L, 108-117 54 2/10 at L.A. Lakers L, 100-125 55 2/12 GOLDEN STATE W, 112-106 2/14-2/16 NBA All-Star - Chicago 56 2/21 at Toronto L, 101-118 57 2/22 at Chicago W, 112-104 58 2/24 at Utah W, 131-111 59 2/26 LA CLIPPERS L, 92-102 60 2/28 DETROIT L, 111-113 61 2/29 GOLDEN STATE L, 99-115 62 3/3 TORONTO L, 114-123 63 3/6 PORTLAND W, 127-117 64 3/8 MILWAUKEE W, 140-131 65 3/10 at Portland 7:00 p.m. 66 3/14 at Dallas 11:00 a.m. 67 3/18 MINNESOTA 7:00 p.m. 68 3/20 at LA Clippers 7:30 p.m. 69 3/21 DALLAS 7:00 p.m. 70 3/23 at Indiana 4:00 p.m. 71 3/25 at Washington 4:00 p.m. 72 3/27 at Philadelphia 4:00 p.m. 73 3/28 at Miami 5:00 p.m. 74 3/30 at Cleveland 4:00 p.m. 75 4/1 at Oklahoma City 5:00 p.m. 76 4/3 CLEVELAND 7:00 p.m. 77 4/5 CHICAGO 3:00 p.m. 78 4/7 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m. 79 4/9 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m. 80 4/11 UTAH 7:00 p.m. 81 4/13 at Houston 5:00 p.m. 82 4/15 L.A. LAKERS 7:00 p.m. *NBA Mexico City Games 2019 PHOENIX SUNS GAME NOTES AT (26-38) Regular Season Game #65 | Road Game #30 Moda Center | Portland, OR March 10, 2020 | 7:00 p.m. (Phoenix me) RADIO: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM | TV: FOX Sports Arizona (28-37) Game Notes Contact: Cole Mickelson, [email protected]| Follow Suns Basketball Communicaons on Twier @SunsBballComm QUICKLY: The Suns have won two straight, averaging 133.5 points on 52.3 FG% and 19.0 three- pointers on 42.5 3P% as they scored a season-high 140 points on Sunday, the team's most in a non-OT game since 2010, and have made 19 three-pointers in consecuve games for the first me in team history ... Ricky Rubio ed a season-high 25 points, ed a career-high 13 rebounds and had 13 assists on Sunday, the first Suns player with 13+ points/rebounds/assists in a game since Jason Kidd in 1999 as Alvan Adams in 1985 and Paul Silas in 1972 are the only other Suns players ever to do so ... Devin Booker scored 36 on Sunday, his 86th career 30-point game which es Amar'e Stoudemire for 2nd in Suns history ... Aron Baynes followed his career-high 37 points with 24; before the last two games, he had two career games scoring 24+ points LAST GAME’S STARTERS (Record when using this starting lineup: 2-0) F 25 MIKAL BRIDGES 6-6 209 F 25 MIKAL BRIDGES 6-6 209 LAST GAME: Had first career DD with 21 pts, 10 reb, his career-long 6th straight scoring 10+ LAST VS. POR: Scored 18 points on 7-10 FG and 2-4 3P, tying career long 5th straight with 10+ + Averaging 11.5 points (52.5 FG%, 42.4 3P%), 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 3P in 23 starts this season... NBA Ranks: 1.44 spg (t-17th) F 20 DARIO ŠARI F 20 DARIO ŠARIĆ Ć 6-10 225 6-10 225 LAST GAME: Scored 11 points on 3-4 3P, his season-long 5th straight game scoring 10+ points LAST VS. POR: Scored a season-high 24 points with 13 in the 2H and 11 in the 4Q + Had more career 3P (381) through first three NBA seasons than any other player ever who also had 1,000+ rebounds C 46 ARON BAYNES 6-10 260 C 46 ARON BAYNES 6-10 260 LAST GAME: Scored 24 points aſter scoring 37; had 2 career games w/ 24+ before these last 2 LAST VS. POR: Tied Suns record with 9 3PM, posng career-high 37 pts and season-high 16 reb + Averaging 13.9 pts (50.4 FG%, 38.8 3P%), 6.9 reb, 2.1 ast and 1.7 3P in 27 starts this season... Tied Suns franchise record with 9 3P on 3/6 vs. POR, scoring career-high 37 pts G 1 DEVIN BOOKER 6-5 206 G 1 DEVIN BOOKER 6-5 206 LAST GAME: Scored 36 points on 13-17 FG (20 pts in 1Q), his 86th career 30-point game LAST VS. POR: Scored 23 points and had a season-high 12 assists, his 10th DD of the season + Posng career highs this season in FG% and FT%... NBA Ranks: 26.1 ppg (10th), 6.5 apg (20th), 48.9 FG% (38th), 91.7 FT% (2nd), 36.2 mpg (4th) G 11 RICKY RUBIO 6-3 190 G 11 RICKY RUBIO 6-3 190 LAST GAME: Had DD for 7th me in last 8 games and 2nd TD of season: 25 pts, 13 ast, 13 reb LAST VS. POR: Had DD with 13 points and 10 assists in win on 3/6 + His 8.9 assists per game are the most by a Suns player since Steve Nash averaged 10.7 in 2011-12... NBA Ranks: 8.9 apg (3rd), 1.57 spg (12th), 84.5 FT% (t-33rd) INJURIES/ROSTER NOTES Full Injury Report with statuses TBD Full Injury Report with statuses TBD Deandre Ayton (leſt ankle sprain) has missed last 2 games Cameron Johnson (illness) has missed last 2 games Kelly Oubre Jr. (right knee injury) is out; missed last 6 games Frank Kaminsky III (right patella stress fracture) is out; missed last 31 games Jared Harper (2W), Jalen Lecque (A), Tariq Owens (2W) are with G League LAST GAME INACTIVES: Harper, Kaminsky, Lecque, Oubre, Owens TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 - Roster/Pronunciaons 3 - Records/Recent Games 4 - Upcoming Opponents 5 - Notes 9 - PROJECT 201 10 - Coach Informaon 11 - Player Capsules 22 - Situaonal Records 23 - Lineups/Injuries/Technicals 24 - Season Highs 26 - Game-By-Games 29 - The Last Time... 30 - ID Chart
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2019-20 REGULAR SEASON SCHEDULE/RESULTSNO DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT1 10/23 SACRAMENTO W, 124-952 10/25 at Denver L, 107-108 (OT)3 10/26 LA CLIPPERS W, 130-1224 10/28 UTAH L, 95-965 10/30 at Golden State W, 121-1106 11/2 at Memphis W, 114-1057 11/4 PHILADELPHIA W, 114-1098 11/7 MIAMI L, 108-1249 11/10 BROOKLYN W, 138-11210 11/12 L.A. LAKERS L, 115-12311 11/14 ATLANTA W, 128-11212 11/18 BOSTON L, 85-9913 11/19 at Sacramento L, 116-12014 11/21 NEW ORLEANS L, 121-12415 11/23 at Minnesota W, 100-9816 11/24 at Denver L, 104-11617 11/27 WASHINGTON L, 132-14018 11/29 DALLAS L, 113-12019 12/2 atCharlotte W,109-10420 12/4 at Orlando L, 114-12821 12/5 at New Orleans W, 139-132 (OT)22 12/7 at Houston L, 109-11523 12/9 MINNESOTA W, 125-10924 12/11 MEMPHIS L, 108-11525 12/14 vs. SAN ANTONIO* L, 119-121 (OT)26 12/16 PORTLAND L, 110-11127 12/17 at LA Clippers L, 99-12028 12/20 at Oklahoma City L, 108-12629 12/21 HOUSTON L, 125-13930 12/23 DENVER L, 111-11331 12/27 at Golden State L, 96-10532 12/28 at Sacramento W, 112-11033 12/30 at Portland W, 122-11634 1/1 at L.A. Lakers L, 107-11735 1/3 NEW YORK W, 120-11236 1/5 MEMPHIS L, 114-12137 1/7 SACRAMENTO L, 103-11438 1/10 ORLANDO W, 98-9439 1/12 CHARLOTTE W, 100-9240 1/14 at Atlanta L, 110-12341 1/16 at New York W, 121-9842 1/18 at Boston W, 123-11943 1/20 SAN ANTONIO L, 118-12044 1/22 INDIANA L, 87-11245 1/24 at San Antonio W, 103-9946 1/26 at Memphis L, 109-11447 1/28 at Dallas W, 133-10448 1/31 OKLAHOMA CITY L, 107-11149 2/2 at Milwaukee L, 108-12950 2/3 at Brooklyn L, 97-11951 2/5 at Detroit L, 108-11652 2/7 HOUSTON W, 127-9153 2/8 DENVER L, 108-11754 2/10 at L.A. Lakers L, 100-12555 2/12 GOLDEN STATE W, 112-106 2/14-2/16 NBA All-Star - Chicago56 2/21 at Toronto L, 101-11857 2/22 at Chicago W, 112-10458 2/24 at Utah W, 131-11159 2/26 LA CLIPPERS L, 92-10260 2/28 DETROIT L, 111-11361 2/29 GOLDEN STATE L, 99-11562 3/3 TORONTO L, 114-12363 3/6 PORTLAND W, 127-11764 3/8 MILWAUKEE W, 140-13165 3/10 at Portland 7:00 p.m.66 3/14 at Dallas 11:00 a.m.67 3/18 MINNESOTA 7:00 p.m.68 3/20 at LA Clippers 7:30 p.m.69 3/21 DALLAS 7:00 p.m.70 3/23 at Indiana 4:00 p.m.71 3/25 at Washington 4:00 p.m.72 3/27 at Philadelphia 4:00 p.m.73 3/28 at Miami 5:00 p.m.74 3/30 at Cleveland 4:00 p.m.75 4/1 at Oklahoma City 5:00 p.m.76 4/3 CLEVELAND 7:00 p.m.77 4/5 CHICAGO 3:00 p.m.78 4/7 at Minnesota 5:00 p.m.79 4/9 at New Orleans 5:00 p.m.80 4/11 UTAH 7:00 p.m.81 4/13 at Houston 5:00 p.m.82 4/15 L.A. LAKERS 7:00 p.m.*NBA Mexico City Games 2019
PHOENIX SUNS GAME NOTES
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(26-38)Regular Season Game #65 | Road Game #30
Moda Center | Portland, ORMarch 10, 2020 |7:00p.m.(Phoenixtime)
RADIO: Arizona Sports 98.7 FM | TV: FOX Sports Arizona
(28-37)
Game Notes Contact: Cole Mickelson, [email protected] | FollowSunsBasketballCommunicationsonTwitter@SunsBballComm
QUICKLY: The Suns have won two straight, averaging 133.5 points on 52.3 FG% and 19.0 three-pointers on 42.5 3P% as they scored a season-high 140 points on Sunday, the team's most in a non-OTgamesince2010,andhavemade19three-pointersinconsecutivegamesforthefirsttimeinteamhistory...RickyRubiotiedaseason-high25points,tiedacareer-high13reboundsandhad13assistsonSunday,thefirstSunsplayerwith13+points/rebounds/assistsinagamesince Jason Kidd in 1999 as Alvan Adams in 1985 and Paul Silas in 1972 are the only other Suns players ever to do so ... Devin Booker scored 36 on Sunday, his 86th career 30-point game which tiesAmar'e Stoudemire for 2nd in Suns history ... AronBaynes followedhis career-high 37pointswith24;beforethelasttwogames,hehadtwocareergamesscoring24+points
LAST GAME’S STARTERS (Record when using this starting lineup: 2-0)F 25 MIKAL BRIDGES 6-6 209F 25 MIKAL BRIDGES 6-6 209
LAST GAME:HadfirstcareerDDwith21pts,10reb,hiscareer-long6thstraightscoring10+LAST VS. POR:Scored18pointson7-10FGand2-43P,tyingcareerlong5thstraightwith10+
+ Averaging 11.5 points (52.5 FG%, 42.4 3P%), 4.6 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 1.5 steals and 1.6 3P in 23 starts this season... NBA Ranks: 1.44 spg (t-17th)
F 20 DARIO ŠARIF 20 DARIO ŠARIĆĆ 6-10 225 6-10 225LAST GAME:Scored11pointson3-43P,hisseason-long5thstraightgamescoring10+pointsLAST VS. POR: Scored a season-high 24 points with 13 in the 2H and 11 in the 4Q
C 46 ARON BAYNES 6-10 260C 46 ARON BAYNES 6-10 260LAST GAME:Scored24pointsafterscoring37;had2careergamesw/24+beforetheselast2LAST VS. POR:TiedSunsrecordwith93PM,postingcareer-high37ptsandseason-high16reb
+ Averaging 13.9 pts (50.4 FG%, 38.8 3P%), 6.9 reb, 2.1 ast and 1.7 3P in 27 starts this season...TiedSunsfranchiserecordwith93Pon3/6vs.POR,scoringcareer-high37pts
G 1 DEVIN BOOKER 6-5 206G 1 DEVIN BOOKER 6-5 206LAST GAME: Scored 36 points on 13-17 FG (20 pts in 1Q), his 86th career 30-point gameLAST VS. POR:Scored23pointsandhadaseason-high12assists,his10thDDoftheseason
G 11 RICKY RUBIO 6-3 190G 11 RICKY RUBIO 6-3 190LAST GAME:HadDDfor7thtimeinlast8gamesand2ndTDofseason:25pts,13ast,13rebLAST VS. POR: Had DD with 13 points and 10 assists in win on 3/6
+ His 8.9 assists per game are the most by a Suns player since Steve Nash averaged 10.7 in 2011-12... NBA Ranks: 8.9 apg (3rd), 1.57 spg (12th), 84.5 FT% (t-33rd)
INJURIES/ROSTER NOTESFull Injury Report with statuses TBDFull Injury Report with statuses TBD
Deandre Ayton(leftanklesprain)hasmissedlast2gamesCameron Johnson (illness) has missed last 2 games
Kelly Oubre Jr. (right knee injury) is out; missed last 6 gamesFrank Kaminsky III (rightpatellastressfracture)isout;missedlast31gamesJared Harper (2W), Jalen Lecque (A), Tariq Owens (2W) are with G League
LAST GAME INACTIVES: Harper, Kaminsky, Lecque, Oubre, Owens
TABLE OF CONTENTS2-Roster/Pronunciations3 - Records/Recent Games4 - Upcoming Opponents5 - Notes9 - PROJECT 20110-CoachInformation11 - Player Capsules22-SituationalRecords23 - Lineups/Injuries/Technicals24 - Season Highs26 - Game-By-Games29 - The Last Time...30 - ID Chart
2 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
Link to the Media Guide available here: 2019-20 Phoenix Suns Media Guide | Follow Suns Basketball Communications on Twitter @SunsBballComm
PHOENIX SUNS 2019-20 ROSTER No. Player Pos. Ht. Wt. Birthdate Prior to NBA/Home Country Yrs Plyd 22 Deandre Ayton C 6-11 250 07/23/98 Arizona/Bahamas 1 46 Aron Baynes C 6-10 260 12/09/86 Washington State/Australia 7 1 Devin Booker G 6-5 206 10/30/96 Kentucky/USA 4 25 Mikal Bridges F 6-6 209 08/30/96 Villanova/USA 1 4 Jevon Carter G 6-1 200 09/14/95 West Virginia/USA 1 14 Cheick Diallo F/C 6-8 219 09/13/96 Kansas/Mali 3 12 Jared Harper2W G 5-10 175 09/14/97 Auburn/USA R 10 Ty Jerome G 6-5 195 07/08/97 Virginia/USA R 23 Cameron Johnson F 6-8 210 03/03/96 North Carolina/USA R 8 Frank Kaminsky III F/C 7-0 240 04/04/93 Wisconsin/USA 4 0 Jalen Lecque G 6-3 190 06/13/00 Brewster Academy (NH)/USA R 2 Elie Okobo G 6-3 190 10/23/97 Pau-Lacq-Orthez/France 1 3 Kelly Oubre Jr. F 6-7 203 12/09/95 Kansas/USA 4 41 Tariq Owens2W F 6-10 205 06/30/95 Texas Tech/USA R 11 Ricky Rubio G 6-3 190 10/21/90 FC Barcelona/Spain 8 20 DarioŠarić F 6-10 225 04/08/94 AnadoluEfes/Croatia 3
COACHING STAFFHEAD COACH: Monty Williams (Notre Dame)
ASSISTANT COACHES: Willie Green (Detroit Mercy),DarkoRajaković(BelgradeBasketballAcademy),
Mark Bryant (Seton Hall), Randy Ayers (Miami (Ohio)), Larry Greer (Northeastern), Steve Blake (Maryland)
DIRECTOR, PLAYER DEVELOPMENT: Riccardo Fois (Pepperdine)PLAYER DEVELOPMENT COACH: BenStrong(GuilfordCollege)
SR. DIRECTOR, HEALTH & PERFORMANCE: Brady Howe (Weber State)HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER/DIRECTOR, MEDICAL SERVICES: David Crewe (Wisconsin-La Crosse)
NUMERICAL ROSTERNUMERICAL ROSTER0 Jalen Lecque1 Devin Booker2 Elie Okobo3 Kelly Oubre Jr.4 Jevon Carter8 Frank Kaminsky III10 Ty Jerome11 Ricky Rubio12 Jared Harper
UPCOMING FIVE-GAME SCHEDULEDATE OPPONENT SITE TIME (Phoenix) TV
Tues., March 10 Portland Trail Blazers Moda Center 7:00 p.m. FOX Sports Arizona
Sat., March 14 Dallas Mavericks American Airlines Center 11:00 a.m. FOX Sports Arizona
Wed., March 18 Minnesota Timberwolves TalkingStickResortArena 7:00 p.m. FOX Sports Arizona
Fri., March 20 LA Clippers STAPLES Center 7:30 p.m. FOX Sports Arizona
Sat., March 21 Dallas Mavericks TalkingStickResortArena 7:00 p.m. FOX Sports Arizona
LAST GAME RECAP
PHOENIX – TheSuns(26-38)hadtheirbestoffensiveperformanceoftheseasonandknockedofftheteamwiththeNBA'sbestrecord,beatingtheMilwaukeeBucks(53-11)140-131atTalkingStickResortArena.TheSuns'140pointsmarkedaseasonhighandthemostbytheteaminanon-overtimegamesince2010astheymade19three-pointersforthesecondstraightgame.TheSunsheldaleadwire-to-wire,scoring47pointsinthefirstquarter,tyingthefifth-mostinaquarterinteamhistory,and77pointsinthefirsthalf,aseasonhighforpointsinanyhalf.TheSunsledbyasmanyas25pointsinthesecondquarterandtheBucksonlygotasclose as six in the closing minutes. Ricky Rubiohadhissecondtriple-doubleoftheseasonwithaseason-high-tying25points,acareer-high-tying13reboundsand13assists,thefirstSunsplayerwithatleast13ofpoints,rebounds and assists since Jason Kidd in 1999. Devin Bookerscoredateam-high36,including20inthefirstquarter. Aron Baynesfolloweduphiscareer-high37pointswith24points.Mikal Bridgeshadhisfirstcareerdouble-doublewith21pointsand10rebounds.ThiswasthefirstgameoftheseasonfourSunsscored20-plus.
CUME STATS FROM LAST FIVE GAMES (2-3)
SUNS 140, BUCKS 131 3/8/20 at Talking Stick Resort ArenaSUNS 140, BUCKS 131 3/8/20 at Talking Stick Resort ArenaSUNS LEADERS
2019-20 SCHEDULE VS. OPPONENT12/16 vs. Portland L, 110-11112/30 at Portland W, 122-1163/6 vs. Portland W, 127-1173/10 at Portland 7:00 p.m.
2018-19 RESULTS VS. OPPONENT12/6 at Portland L, 86-1081/24 vs. Portland L, 106-1203/9 at Portland L, 120-127
CURRENT STREAKSOVERALL: Won 2Last Win: 3/6/20 vs. POR, 127-117Last Loss: 12/16/19 vs. POR, 110-111HOME: Won 1Last Win: 3/6/20, 127-117Last Loss: 12/16/19, 110-111ROAD: Won 1Last Win: 12/30/19, 122-116Last Loss: 3/9/19, 120-127
PHX Rank RATINGS POR Rank
16 (110.3) Off Rtg 10 (111.9)
19 (111.1) Def Rtg 27 (113.7)
15 (-0.8) Net Rtg 21 (-1.8)
SERIES NOTES + The Suns have won 2 straight in the series + Aron Baynes tiedaSunsrecordwith93PM,
scoring a career-high 37 points in win on 3/6 + TheSunscamebackfrom19downtowinon
12/30,trailing38-19attheendofthe1Q + Ricky Rubio recorded a triple-double on
12/16,thefirstbyaplayerfromeitherteamin the series since Steve Nash on 4/19/06
KEY CONNECTIONS + Suns HC Monty Williamswasanassistantcoachfor
+ Suns AC Mark Bryant played 431 regular-season games and49playoffgamesforPortlandfrom1988-1995,includingWesternConferencetitlesin1990and1992
+ Suns AC Steve Blake playedthreestintswithPortland(2005-06, 2007-2010, 2014-15), playing in 350 regular-seasongamesand11playoffgames,stillrankingt-7thin Blazers history with 492 three-pointers... He broke intothecoachingrankswithPortlandfrom2017-2019
+ Suns AC Larry Greer was an advance scout and assistantcoachwithPortlandfrom2007-2012
+ Blazers F Trevor Ariza played 26 games with the Suns in the 2018-19 season
PHOENIX – TheSuns(25-38)gotahistoricoutingfromAron Baynes, leading the team to a wire-to-wire 127-117victoryoverthePortlandTrailBlazers(28-36)atTalkingStickResortArena.TheSunsjumpedtoa17-5leadrightoutofthegateandled34-22afteroneasBayneshad19pointsandsevenreboundsintheopeningframe,shooting5-of-5frombehindthearc.TheBlazerstrimmedwhatwasa23-pointdeficittothreepointslateinthefirsthalf,buttheSunstooka67-58leadintohalftimeandwentona17-0runovera3:10spaninthethirdquartertotaketheirlargestleadat88-62.TheBlazersnevergotcloserthaneightafterthatpoint.Baynesfinishedwithacareer-high37pointsandseason-high16reboundswhiletyingaSunsfranchiserecordwithninethree-pointmakes,wellsurpassinghispreviouscareerhighoffour.Baynesbecamejustthesecondplayerever to record at least 15 three-pointers and eight three-pointers in a game, joining only James Harden. As a team,theSunsshot19-of-42fromthree-pointrange,tyingaseasonhighinmakes.Dario Šarić had a season high with 24 points while Devin Booker had 23 points and a season-high 12 assists.
NEXT OPPONENT (MARCH 14): DALLAS MAVERICKS (39-26)ALL-TIME: 86-74 | HOME: 52-26 | AWAY: 34-47 | NEUTRAL: 0-1HI PHX WIN: +31 (121-90), 11/26/03 HI PHX IND. PTS: Jamal Crawford, 51, 4/9/19HI DAL WIN: +30 (128-98), 4/1/86 HI DAL IND. PTS: 42, Mark Aguirre, 2/17/84, 3/3/86; Luka Doncic, 11/29/19
2019-20 SCHEDULE VS. OPPONENT11/29 vs. Dallas L, 113-1201/28 at Dallas W, 133-1043/14 at Dallas 11:00 a.m.3/21 vs. Dallas 7:00 p.m.
2018-19 RESULTS VS. OPPONENT10/17 vs. Dallas W, 121-10012/13 vs. Dallas W, 99-891/9 at Dallas L, 94-1044/9 at Dallas L, 109-120
CURRENT STREAKSOVERALL: Won 1Last Win: 1/28/20 at DAL, 133-104Last Loss: 11/29/19 vs. DAL, 113-120HOME: Lost 1Last Win: 12/13/18, 99-89Last Loss: 11/29/19, 113-120ROAD: Won 1Last Win: 1/28/20, 133-104Last Loss: 4/9/19, 109-120
PHX Rank RATINGS DAL Rank
16 (110.3) Off Rtg 1 (115.9)
19 (111.1) Def Rtg 17 (110.0)
15 (-0.8) Net Rtg 6(+5.9)
SERIES NOTES + The Suns won 133-104 on 1/28/20, scoring
48 in the 3Q, the 4th-most points in a quarter in Suns history
+ Suns G Devin Booker and Mavericks C Willie Cauley-Stein wereteammatesfor1seasonatKentucky,starting38-0andadvancingtoFinalFourin2014-15
+ Suns G Jevon Carter and Mavericks G Delon Wright were teammates with Memphis in 2018-19
+ Mavericks G Seth Curry played 2 games with the Suns in 2014-15
+ Mavericks HC Rick CarlislewasaguardforVirginia’sFinalFourteamin1984,theirlastFinalFourteamuntilSuns G Ty Jeromeguidedthemtothe2019NCAAtitle
+ Mavericks F Justin Jackson led North Carolina to an NCAAtitlein2017,winningtheFinalFourinArizona
DALLAS – TheSuns(20-27)ledby13afterafterthefirstquarterandbyfiveathalftime,butkickedintoanothergear in the third quarter on the way to a 133-104 win over the Dallas Mavericks (29-18) at American Airlines Center,theSuns’ largestroadwinsince2007.TheSunsoutscoredtheMavericks32-19 inthefirstquarterandstillled60-55athalftimeasDeandre Aytonhad18pointson8-of-8shootinginthefirsthalf.TheSunsoutscoredDallas48-22inthethirdquarter,thefourth-mostpointsinaquarterinSunshistoryandmostsinceDec. 29, 1990. Devin Booker scored20pointson7-of-9shootingintheperiodastheSunsmade18-of-26fieldgoals(69.2%),5-of-8three-pointers(62.5%)and7-of-7fromtheline(100%)with10assists.TheSunsledbyasmanyas39pointsinthefourthquarterandtheMavericksnevergotcloserthan27pointsbeforearrivingatthefinal29-pointmargin,theSuns’largestwinawayfromhomesinceNov.6,2007.Booker(32)andAyton(season-high31)eachscored30-pluspoints,thefirsttimethisseasonmultipleSunsplayersscoredatleast30.TheSunshad34assistsandshotaseason-high59.3%fromthefield.Ty Jerome added12pointsoffthebench.
SUNS 133, MAVERICKS 104 1/28/20 at American Airlines CenterSUNS 133, MAVERICKS 104 1/28/20 at American Airlines CenterSUNS LEADERS
5 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
Link to the Media Guide available here: 2019-20 Phoenix Suns Media Guide | Follow Suns Basketball Communications on Twitter @SunsBballComm
PHOENIX SUNS 2019-20 NOTESOFFENSIVE EXPLOSION
+ The Suns have won 2straight,scoring125+pointsinconsecutivegamesforthefirsttimesinceMarch22-26,2010.TheSunsareaveraging 133.5 points on 52.3% shootingoverthesegames,1st intheNBAinscoringaverageofanyteamovertheirlast2 games.
+ The Suns scored 140pointsinSunday'swinvs.Milwaukee,theteam'sfirsttimescoring140+pointsinanon-overtimegamesincescoring 152 on March 16, 2010 vs. Minnesota. The Suns improved to 28-3 in team history when scoring at least 140 points.
+ The Suns have made 19three-pointersineachofthelast2 games, tying their season high in both games as they are averaging 19.0 threes on 42.5%overthesegames.ThisisthefirsttimeinSunshistorytheyhavemade19+three-pointersinconsecutivegamesasthe 38three-pointersarethemostovera2-gamespaninteamhistory.TheSunshavemade15+three-pointersin3 straight, tying thelongestsuchstreakinteamhistory(15+in3straightfromNov.10-14earlierthisseason),astheyareaveraging17.7 triples on 42.7%fromdeepovertheirlast3.
+ The Suns scored 47 pointsinthefirstquarteronSunday,theirmostpointsinanopeningquarterthisseason,and77 points in the firsthalf,theirmostpointsinanyhalfthisseason.The47first-quarterpointstiedforthe5th-mostpointsinanyquarterinfranchisehistory and marked the secondtimethisseasontheSunshavescored47+inaquarter(48in3QatDallasonJan.28);beforethisseason,theSunshadn’tscoredatleast47pointsinaquartersincescoring47inthefirstquartervs.SacramentoonNov.21,2007.
+ Overthefirstquarteroftheirlast4 games combined, the Suns have 161 points on 66.7%fromthefield,are26-of-44fromthree-point (59.1%) and have 44 assists.Forcontext,ifthese4combinedquartersarecomparedtoallsinglegamesinSunshistory,thiswouldbethemostthree-pointmakesingame,tiethe2nd-mostpoints,bethe4th-highestFG%andtiethe6th-mostassists.
LAST GAME/CHECKING IN + The Suns have led wire-to-wire in both games on their 2-gamewinningstreak,meaningtheyhaveheldaleadforthelast96:00
entering Tuesday's game at Portland. + The Suns have 26wins,theteam’shighestwintotaloverthelast5yearssince2014-15(39-43)with18 gamesstilltoplay. + The Suns have won 2 straightroadgamesandarelookingtotieaseason-long3-game road winning streak (Jan. 16-24). + Suns Head Coach Monty Williams has 199careerregular-seasonwinsasanNBAheadcoach,goingforcareerwinNo.200. + 4 differentSunsplayersscored20+pointsonSunday,thefirsttime4Sunsscored20+inthesamegamesinceDec.22,2018atWash. + On Sunday vs. Milwaukee, RICKY RUBIO recorded his 2nd triple-double this season and 7th career regular-season triple-double
(healsohasoneintheplayoffs)withaseason-high-tying25 points, career-high-tying 13rebounds(thirdtimecareer,lastonMarch28, 2017 with Minnesota at Indiana) and 13assists.Rubio'sperformancewasjustthe4thinSunshistoryofaplayerrecording13+ points/rebounds/assists in a game, joining Jason Kidd (Dec. 18, 1999 vs. Sacramento), Alvan Adams (April 14, 1985 vs. Golden State) and Paul Silas (Feb. 1, 1972 at Portland). The only other players with a "triple-baker's-dozen" in the NBA this season are Luka Dončić (threetimes),Ben Simmons, LeBron James and Giannis Antetokounmpo.
+ Rubioonlyhad1turnoverinadditiontohis25points,13reboundsand13assists.Sinceturnoversfirststartedbeingrecorded,Rubiojoins Grant Hill (Detroit at New Jersey on Jan. 13, 1996) and Fat Lever (Denver vs. Dallas on April 17, 1988) as the only NBA players withatleast25/13/13and1orfewerturnoversinagame(Basketball-Reference).
+ Rubio now has 10gamesthisseasonwith10+assistsand1orfewerturnovers,most intheNBA.InSunshistory,RubiohastiedKevin Johnson (10 in 1990-91) and Jason Kidd(10in1997-98)forthemostgameswith10+assistsand1orfewerturnoversinaseason.
+ Since the All-Star break, Rubio ranks 1st in the NBA with 10.6 assists per game and 3rd with 2.7 steals per game. Rubio has a double-double in 7ofhislast8, averaging 16.8 points (47.7 FG%, 40.0 3P%, 88.4 FT%), 10.8 assists, 6.1 rebounds and 2.5 steals.
+ ARON BAYNES followedhiscareer-high37pointsandSuns-record-tying9three-pointersonFridayvs.Portlandwith24pointsand4three-pointersonSunday.Beforescoring24+pointsandmaking4+triplesineachofthelast2 games, Baynes had 2 career games scoring24+andhiscareerhighwas4threes.Heisaveraging30.5 points, 6.5 three-pointers and 11.5 rebounds over his last 2.
+ DEVIN BOOKER and Rubio each had 8+ assists on Sunday vs. Milwaukee, the 3rd straight game where this duo has accomplished this.AccordingtotheEliasSportsBureau,theyarethefirstteammateswith8+assistsapiecein3straightgamessinceJames Harden and Chris PaulfromNov.22-27,2017.BookerandRubiohave16gamesthisseasonwith8+assistsapiece,more than double any other duo in the NBA this season (next is Houston's Harden and Russell Westbrook with 6).
+ Booker scored 36 on Sunday and has 86career30-pointgames,tiedwithAmar’e Stoudemire for2nd in Suns history. + Booker has 652careerthree-pointers,forthemomenttiedwithShawn Marionfor4th in Suns history. + MIKAL BRIDGEShasscored10+pointsinacareer-long6straight,makingmultiplethree-pointersineach.Hehadhisfirstcareer
double-doublewith21pointsand10reboundsonSunday.Bridgeshasfilledthestatsheetoverhis6-game streak, averaging 14.8 points,shooting55.0 FG%, 2.5 3P on 44.1 3P% and 100FT%,inadditionto4.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists, 1.0 steals and 1.0 blocks.
VALLEY BOYZ + In 17 games with DEANDRE AYTON, ARON BAYNES, DEVIN BOOKER and RICKY RUBIO all available to play, the Suns are 9-8 and they
are 18-17 in 35 games with Baynes, Booker and Rubio all available. + TheSuns'5-manunitofRubio-Booker-Bridges-DARIO ŠARIĆ-ARON BAYNES has played 34 minutes together over 7 games this
seasonandhasbeenoutstanding,postingaNetRatingof+43.0 points per 100 possessions. The Suns are outscoring opponents by a scoreof101-72 in these 34 minutes.
+ TheSuns’5-manunitofRICKY RUBIO-DEVIN BOOKER-KELLY OUBRE JR.-MIKAL BRIDGES-DEANDRE AYTON has outscored opponents 590-498, a +92differential,in226 minutes on the court together over 21 games this season. Among all 5-man lineups to play at least 200minutestogetherthisseason,theNetRatingof+20.2 points per 100 possessions by the Rubio-Booker-Oubre-Bridges-Ayton lineup is 2nd in the NBA.
THE LINE + The Suns currently rank 1st in the NBA with an 82.4 FT% this season, the highest FT% in Suns history (prev. highs were 80.8% in
2006-07 and 80.6% in 2005-06) and 6th-highest in NBA history.
SHOOTING SUNS + The Suns rank 10thintheNBAinTrueShootingPercentage,anefficiencymetricthattakesintoaccountFG,3PandFTattempts.In
additiontoranking1stbyshooting82.4 FT%, the Suns are 10thbyshooting46.5 FG% and 19thbyshooting35.3 3P%.
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MAKING OPPONENTS PAY + The Suns rank 1st in the NBA with 1.19 pointsperpossessionintransitionplays(17.9 such possessions per game). + The Suns rank 4th in the NBA with 18.8 pointsoffturnoversscoredpergameand4thbyforcingopponentsinto16.0 turnovers per
game. The Suns are 9th with 14.5 fastbreakpointspergame.
“WE” SCORE + The Suns rank 1st in the NBA with 27.2 assists per game.ThisistheSuns’highestassistsaveragesince1993-94(27.6).Amongall
NBAteamsoverthelast25seasons,onlytheWarriorsinfivestraightseasonsfrom2014-2019andtheNuggetsin2018-19haveaveraged more assists.
+ The Suns have assisted 66.5% of their made field goals this season, ranking 1st in the NBA. + The Suns rank 1st in the NBA with an Assist Ratio of 19.1%. This means 19.1%ofSunspossessionsendwithanassistedfieldgoal. + The Suns rank 8th in the NBA with an Assist-to-Turnover Ratio of 1.80. + TheSunshavetwicerecorded3-gamestreakswith30+assiststhisseason,fromNov.12-18andDec.2-5.Priortothisseason,the
Sunshadn’thada3-gamestreakwith30+assistssince3straightfromNov.8-11,2009. + The Suns already have 20gameswith30+assiststhisseason;theyhad8suchgamesalloflastseason.
LETTING IT FLY + The Suns are on an 82-game pace to total 918 three-point makes and 2,599three-pointattempts.Thecurrentfranchiserecordsfor
eachcategoryare837three-pointmakes(2005-06)and2,400attempts(2018-19),onpacetosurpassthosemarksby81 and 199. + The Suns have 12gameswith15+three-pointersthisseason,themostinaseasoninSunshistory(prev.9in2004-05). + TheSunsmade8+three-pointersintheirfirst30gamesthisseason,thelongestsuchstreakinaseasoninteamhistory(prev.13
straightfromMarch23-April15,2005).TheSunsmade10+inafranchise-record16straightfromOct.26-Nov.29. + TheSunsattempted43threesonMarch8vs.MilwaukeeandOct.26vs.LA,tying the most in franchise history in a non-OT game.
SEASON OVERVIEW + TheSuns’8 one-possession losses this season rank t-2nd intheNBA(Dallas,9).OftheSuns’losses,7 are by 11 combined points. + The Suns are averaging 112.7 points per game,theSuns’mostsinceaveraging113.4pointsin1992-93. + TheSuns’26-38startistheSuns’bestthrough64 gamessincestarting33-31in2014-15. + The Suns have recorded 4 wins of 25+ pointsintheirfirst64 gamesthisseason.TheSunshad4winsof25+pointsintheirprevious
562gamesdatingbacktoNovember2012priortothisseason. + The Suns rank 16th intheNBAinOffensiveRatingand15thinNetRating(best ofanyteamnotcurrentlyinplayoffs):
SUNS OFFENSE IN 2019-20
AVERAGE RANK IN NBA
NET RATING -0.8 15th
OFFENSIVE RATING 110.3 16th
POINTS PER GAME 112.7 13th
ASSISTS PER GAME 27.2 1st + The Suns rank 9th in the NBA with 0.72 charges drawn per game. + The Suns are 22-4whenleadingafter3quartersthisseason. + The Suns are 16-3whenscoring120+pointsthisseason. + The Suns already have 2 sweeps this season (Hornets, Knicks); they had 2 sweeps all last season (Bucks, Knicks). + DatingbacktoMarch2oflastseason,theSunshavewon 7 of their last 14 games when playing on the second night of a back-to-
back,comingaftertheteamhadlost15straightonthesecondnightofaback-to-backpriortothisstretch. + The Suns beat the Rockets by 36pointsonFeb.7,theSuns’largestmarginofvictorythisseasonandlargestsincea36-pointwinvs.
theL.A.LakersonFeb.15,2017asthiswastheRockets’largestlosssincea39-pointlossatMilwaukeeonFeb.20,2002. The Rockets enteredthegameat33-18fortheseason;in Suns history, the 36-point margin marked the largest win ever against a team at least 15 games above .500 (prev. 33 on March 29, 1978 vs. Portland and 117-84 vs. New York on Dec. 19, 1972).
+ TheSunsbeattheJazzby20points(131-111)onFeb.24,theteam’ssecondtimethisseasonbeatingateamatleast10gamesover.500by20+pointsontheroad(133-104atDallasonJan.28).Thisisthefirst season in Suns team history they have recorded multiple road wins of 20+ points against teams at least 10 games above .500.
+ The Suns scored 48 points in the third quarter at Dallas on Jan. 28, the 4th-most in a quarter in Suns history and most since 1990.
STEPPING UP DEFENSIVELY + The Suns currently rank 19th in the NBA by allowing 111.1 points per 100 possessions.Ineachofthepreviousthreeseasons,the
SunsrankedinthebottomthreeintheleagueinDefensiveRating.SUNS DEFENSE IN 2019-20
AVERAGE RANK IN NBA
NET RATING -0.8 15th
DEFENSIVE RATING 111.1 19th
OPPONENT TOs PER GAME 16.0 4th
STEALS PER GAME 7.9 14th + The Suns have held their opponent below 40% from the field 5 times already this season. All last season, the Suns only held an
opponentbelow40%fromthefield3times.
BRIGHT FUTURE + Fromtheresultsofthe2019-20NBARosterSurveybasedoneachteam’sopeningnightroster,the Suns have the NBA’s youngest
team in terms of average age.TheSunsalsohavethe2nd-leastexperiencedrosterintermsofaverageNBAseasons.
best 48.9 FG% (38th in NBA), 36.2 3P% and career-best 91.7 FT% (2nd in NBA). + Booker’sscoringaverageof26.1 points per game is the 3rd-highest in Suns history, chasing Tom Chambers’Sunsrecordof27.2
points per game in 1989-90. + Booker is averaging 26.1 points with a 62.0% True Shooting Percentage(anefficiencymetricthattakesintoaccountFG,3PandFT).
Only Karl-Anthony TownsisaveragingmorepointswhilepostingthishighaTS%. + Booker, Nikola Jokić, LeBron James, DeMar DeRozan and Giannis Antetokounmpo are the only players in the NBA to rank in the top
40ontheleagueleaderboardinpointsandassistspergameandfieldgoalpercentage. + In NBA history, Booker currently joins just 8 other players to record a season with at least 25 points per game, 6 assists per game and
a48%fieldgoalpercentage(Basketball-Reference):PLAYERS WITH 25+ PPG, 6+ APG, 48%+ FG% IN A SEASON, NBA HISTORY (Basketball-Reference)
Larry Bird 1987-88*, 1986-87*, 1985-86* (MVP), 1984-85* (MVP)
Tiny Archibald 1972-73*, 1971-72*
Jerry West 1970-71*, 1969-70*, 1967-68*
Oscar Robertson 1969-70*, 1967-68*, 1966-67*, 1964-65*, 1963-64* (MVP), 1962-63*Enteringthisseason,ofthe36 previoustimesinwhichaplayerclearedthesethresholdsinthesethreecategories,thatplayerwasanAll-NBAselection36 of 36times,anAll-NBA First Teamselection29 of 36timesandNBA MVP winner 9 of 36times.
+ Booker is averaging 26.1 points while nearly shooting over 50% FG and 90% FT.Booker’sscoringaveragewouldbethe5th-highest scoringaveragebyaplayerrecordinga50/90seasoninNBAhistory(Basketball-Reference):
HIGHEST SCORING AVERAGE BY PLAYERS ON 50/90 SHOOTING, NBA HISTORY (Basketball-Reference)
RANK PLAYER SEASON TEAM FG% FT% PPG
1 Stephen Curry 2015-16 Golden State 50.4% 90.8% 30.1
2 Larry Bird 1987-88 Boston 52.7% 91.6% 29.9
3 Larry Bird 1986-87 Boston 52.5% 91.0% 28.1
4 Kevin Durant 2012-13 Oklahoma City 51.0% 90.5% 28.1
Barkley and Charlie Scott). + Booker is averaging 4.0 fast break points, ranking 8th in the NBA.
EFFICIENT AT THE RIM + DEVIN BOOKER isshooting69.7% on 4.7 attemptspergameintherestrictedarea.Amongplayerswithatleast4.0attemptsinthe
RA per game, Booker ranks 19th in the NBA by shooting 69.7% and 3rd among all guards (Luka Dončić, DeMar DeRozan).AUTOMATIC FROM THE LINE
+ DEVIN BOOKER ranks 2nd intheNBAbyshooting91.7 FT% and 9th with 6.5madefreethrowspergame.HeandDamian Lillard currentlytheonlyplayersintheNBAtorankintop10inbothfreethrowsmadepergameandfreethrowpercentage.
+ Byshooting91.7 FT% and making 6.5freethrowspergame,Bookerispostingthe2nd-best FT% in NBA history by a player making at least 6.0 per game. The high is 91.83% on 6.7 makes per game by Reggie Millerin1990-91(Basketball-Reference).
+ Booker iscurrentlyshooting91.7 FT%, the 4th-bestmarkbyaqualifiedplayerinSunshistorybehindonly Steve Nash in 2009-10 (93.8%),2008-09(93.3%)and2005-06(92.1%)andjustaheadofEddie Johnson in 1989-90 (91.7%).
HE’S ON FIRE! + DEVIN BOOKER has 4 quarters scoring 20+ points this season, t-2nd in the NBA behind only James Harden(6)andtiedwithBradley
Beal (4) and Trae Young (4). Booker has 1320-pointquartersoverthelastfourseasons,2nd-mostsincethestartof2016-17behindonly Harden (20).
4TH-YOUNGEST TO 7,000 POINTS + On Jan. 26, DEVIN BOOKER reached 7,000 career points at 23 years, 90 days old, the 4th-youngest player ever to reach 7,000 career
points. Only LeBron James (21, 358), Kevin Durant (22, 110) and Carmelo Anthony (22, 305) were younger when surpassing the 7,000-point milestone. Among guards, Booker became the youngest to 7,000 career points (prev. Kobe Bryant at 23 years, 139 days).
RICKY AND BOOK SETTING THE TABLE + RICKY RUBIO and DEVIN BOOKER are averaging a combined 15.4 assists per game. RubioandBookerareeachaveraging6+assists
per game--Rubio ranks 3rd by averaging 8.9 per game and Booker ranks 20th by averaging 6.5 per game. The duo is 1st in the NBA with 5gamesof10+assistsapiece.InSunshistory,BookerandRubio(5 in 2019-20) join Kevin Johnson and Jeff Hornacek (9 in 1988-89) and Johnson and Jason Kidd (5in1996-97)astheonlyduostorecordatleast5gameswith10+assistseachinaseason.
+ According to NBA.com/Stats, AytonisallowingaDefendedFieldGoalPercentageof40.8% (in other words, opponents are making 40.8%offieldgoalattemptsthathedefends).Amongplayerstoplayatleast15gamesthisseasonanddefendatleast10fieldgoals per game, only Giannis Antetokounmpo (36.1%), Anthony Davis (38.4%), Rudy Gobert (40.2%), Elfrid Payton (40.4%), Kawhi Leonard (40.2%) and Jrue Holiday(40.5%)arepostingasgoodaDefendedFieldGoalPercentage.
+ Ayton is currently averaging 12.0 rebounds, the highest average by a Suns player in a season since Charles Barkley averaged 12.2 reboundsinhisNBAMVPseasonof1992-93.
+ Ayton currently joins Shawn Marion (2005-06) as the only Suns players to average at least 15 points, 10 rebounds and 1.5 blocks. + Ayton reached 1,000 career rebounds in his 94thcareergameonFeb.8,becomingthefastestplayerinSunshistoryto1,000career
rebounds (prev. Shawn Marioninhis112thgame)and4th-fastestofallNBAplayerstoentertheleaguesince1992:FEWEST CAREER GAMES TO 1,000 REBOUNDS, ENTERED NBA SINCE 1992 (Basketball-Reference)
RANK PLAYER TEAM GAMES NEEDED TO REACH 1,000 REBOUNDS
1 ShaquilleO’Neal Orlando 74
2t Tim Duncan San Antonio 84
2t BlakeGriffin LA Clippers 84
4 DEANDRE AYTON SUNS 94
RICKY RUNNING THE POINT + RICKY RUBIO ranks 3rd in the NBA by averaging 8.9 assists per game. His assists average is the highest by a Suns player since Steve
Nash (10.7) in 2011-12. + Rubio ranks 1st in the NBA with 10 gamesthisseasonrecording10+assistsand1orfewerturnovers.InSunshistory,thistiesKevin
Johnson (10 in 1990-91) and Jason Kidd (10in1997-98)formostinasingleseason. + Rubio ranks t-1st in the NBA with 6 gamesthisseasonrecording10+assistsand4+steals(Ben Simmons). + Rubio has an assist-to-turnover ratio of 3.32, ranking 9th in the NBA in assist-to-turnover ratio.Rubio’s3.32 mark is the 8th-best
assist-to-turnoverratiobyaqualifiedplayerinSunshistory. + Rubio surpassed 1,000 career steals on Jan. 10 and reached 4,000 career assists on Dec. 14. Rubio reached 1,000 steals in his 530th
career game. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only 6playerssincestealswerefirstrecordedhavereached4,000assistsand1,000stealsinfewergames:Chris Paul (420 games), John Stockton (426), Isiah Thomas (429), Magic Johnson (442), Jason Kidd (481) and Tim Hardaway (517).
MAN OF STEAL + MIKAL BRIDGES ranks 4th intheNBAwithasteal-to-turnoverratioof1.46.Lastseason,heranked2ndintheNBAbehindHouston’s
P.J. Tucker with a 1.84 mark. It was the 2nd-highest mark ever by an NBA rookie behind only Kawhi Leonard (1.93) in 2011-12. + Bridges ranks t-17th in the NBA with 1.44stealspergameafterranking12thwith1.57pergameasarookie. + TheSunsarepostingaDefensiveRatingof107.8 (would rank 8th in NBA) when Bridges is on the court and 112.1 when he is not.
BAYNES RISES + ARON BAYNES ranks 8th in the NBA with 16 total charges drawn. + Baynes scoredacareer-high37points,shooting9-of-14fromthree-point,with16reboundsonMarch6.Hebecamejustthesecond
playerinNBAhistorytototal15+reboundsand8+three-pointersinagame,joiningHouston'sJames Harden on Dec. 31, 2016.ENTERING 2019-20 ARON BAYNES 2019-20
SCORING AVERAGE (min. 100 games)1.CharlieScott 24.82. Charles Barkley 23.43. DEVIN BOOKER 22.34. Gail Goodrich 21.95.Amar’eStoudemire21.4
3-POINT FIELD GOALS MADE1. Steve Nash 1,0512. Dan Majerle 8003. Leandro Barbosa 7514t. DEVIN BOOKER 6524t. Shawn Marion 6526. Raja Bell 6227. Channing Frye 594
FREE THROW % (min. 200 makes)1. Steve Nash .9072. Kyle Macy .8843. Eddie Johnson .8704. DEVIN BOOKER .8685.JeffHornacek .854
POINTS11. Tom Chambers 7,81712. DEVIN BOOKER 7,410
FIELD GOAL % (min. 500 makes)1. Mark West .6132.ShaquilleO’Neal .6093. DEANDRE AYTON .572
RISE TOGETHER + AspartoftheSuns’continuedpartnershipwiththeCityofPhoenixthatincludestheTalking
StickResortArenatransformationproject,RobertSarver,thePhoenixSunsandPhoenixSunsCharitiesareinvesting $10 million in community benefitstoPhoenixnon-profitsandCityprogramsbeforetheendofthecalendaryear.Recognizingthegreaterimpactthatcanbeachieved through teamwork, the Suns have launched the “Rise Together” campaign in an efforttoupliftlocalorganizationsthatserveindividualsandfamiliesinneedthroughoutourcommunity.
thecommunity,thePhoenixSunsagreedtotermswithMontyWilliamstobecometheteam’snewheadcoachonMay3,2019. + The 20th head coach in Phoenix Suns history. + SpentfiveseasonsasheadcoachoftheNewOrleansHornets/Pelicansfrom2010-2015,leadingtheteamtotwopostseason
+ OneofthreeassistantcoachesfortheUSABasketballMen’sNationalTeamfrom2013-2016.AsamemberofMikeKrzyzewski’sstaff,assistedtheUSAtoaperfectoverallrecordof26-0,includinggold-medalfinishesatthe2014FIBAWorldCupinSpainandthe2016Olympic Games in Brazil.
+ Nine-year NBA veteran as a player, averaging 6.3 points in 456 career games with New York, San Antonio, Denver, Orlando and Philadelphia.OfthesevenheadcoachesheappearedinagameunderthroughouthisNBAcareer,sixwontheNBACoachoftheYearAwardatleastonceatsomepointintheircareers(PatRiley,DonNelson,GreggPopovich,MikeD’Antoni,DocRivers,LarryBrown)andthreehavebeenenshrinedintheBasketballHallofFame(Riley,Nelson,Brown).
YEARS TEAM POSITION HEAD COACH1994-1996 New York Player Pat Riley, Don Nelson1996-1998 San Antonio Player Bob Hill, Gregg Popovich1999 Denver Player MikeD’Antoni1999-2002 Orlando Player Doc Rivers2002-2003 Philadelphia Player Larry Brown, Randy Ayers
YEARS TEAM POSITION HEAD COACH2004-2005 San Antonio Coaching Intern Gregg Popovich2005-2010 Portland Assistant Coach Nate McMillan2010-2015 New Orleans Head Coach -----2015-2016 Oklahoma City Associate Head Coach Billy Donovan2016-2018 San Antonio VP, Basketball Ops. Gregg Popovich2018-2019 Philadelphia AssistantCoach BrettBrown
MONTY WILLIAMS NBA CAREER TIMELINE
WILLIE GREENAS A COACH: Golden State (2016-2019)AS A PLAYER: Philadelphia (2003-2010), New Orleans (2010-11), Atlanta (2011-12), LA Clippers (2012-2014), Orlando (2014-15)
DARKO RAJAKOVIĆAS A COACH: Oklahoma City (2014-2019)
MARK BRYANTAS A COACH: Dallas(2004-05),Orlando(2005-2007),Seattle/OklahomaCity (2007-2019)AS A PLAYER: Portland (1988-1995), Houston (1995-96), SUNS (1996-1998), Chicago (1998-99), Dallas (2000-01), San Antonio (2001-02), Philadelphia (2002-03), Denver (2002-03), Boston (2002-03)
RANDY AYERSAS A COACH: Philadelphia (1997-2004, 2009-10; HC in 2003-04), Orlando (2005-2007), Washington (2007-2009), New Orleans (2010-2015)
LARRY GREERAS A COACH: Portland (2011-12), Minnesota (2018-19)AS AN ADVANCE SCOUT: Houston (2005-2007), Portland (2007-2011), Oklahoma City (2015-2017), Minnesota (2017-18)
STEVE BLAKEAS A COACH: Portland (2017-2019)AS A PLAYER: Washington (2003-2005), Portland (2005-06, 2007-2010, 2014-15), Milwaukee (2006-07), Denver (2006-07), LA Clippers (2009-10), L.A. Lakers (2010-2014), Golden State (2013-14), Detroit (2015-16)
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RECENT TRENDS + Left game on 3/3 with left ankle injury and missed last 2 games + Has 20+ points and 10+ rebounds in 7 of his last
12, averaging 20.8 points on 56.2 FG%, 12.7 boards and 2.0 blocks... Has 20 and 10 in 11 of his last 21, averaging 20.5 points on 55.9 FG%, 12.3 boards and 1.8 blocks
+ Has 10+ points in 27 straight, the longest streak scoring 10+ of his career
+ Hadfirstcareer20/20gamewiththenseason-high26pointsandcareer-high 21 rebounds in win at NYK on 1/16... Became youngest player ever (21 years, 177 days) tohave25+pointsand20+reboundsatMSG(prev.HakeemOlajuwon)
+ Asarookiein2018-19,postedthehighestfieldgoalpercentagebyarookietoaverageadouble-doubleinNBAhistory--shot58.5FG%whileaveraging 16.3 points and 10.3 rebounds
+ Ledrookiesin2018-19inreboundspergame,fieldgoalpercentageanddouble-doubles(39) + Set Suns rookie records with 10.3 rebounds per game, 729 total rebounds and 39 double-doubles... His 16.3 points per game were 3rd-most
DEANDRE AYTON C | 22HEIGHT: 6-11 WEIGHT: 250 AGE: 21 (Born 7/23/98) FROM: Arizona/Bahamas 2nd NBA Season | 2nd with Suns
DRAFTED: 1st overall by the Suns in 2018 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: 1st overall pick in 2018 NBA DraftLAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 35 10 12 .833 0 0 - 0 1 .000 3 7 10 3 2 1 3 2 202/29 vs. GSW 33 8 16 .500 0 0 - 4 5 .800 1 8 9 0 5 1 5 2 203/3 vs. TOR 39 5 14 .357 0 0 - 3 4 .750 4 10 14 1 4 1 5 3 133/6 vs. POR DNP-LeftAnkleSprain3/8 vs. MIL DNP-LeftAnkleSprain
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS31 @ DAL, 1/28 PTS 33, PHX vs. DEN, 12/29/18
13, 2x, last 2/8 vs. DEN FG 16, PHX vs. DEN, 12/29/1827 @ MIL, 2/2 FGA 27, PHX @ MIL, 2/2/20
- 3P -1, 3x, last 2/26 vs. LAC 3PA 1, 7x, last 2/26/20 vs. LAC
10 @ BOS, 1/18 FT 10, 2x, last 1/18/20 @ BOS11 @ BOS, 1/18 FTA 14, PHX vs. LAL, 3/2/1921 @ NYK, 1/16 REB 21, PHX @ NYK, 1/16/20
5, 2x, last 2/3 @ BKN AST 6, 2x, last 11/4/18 vs. MEM3, 2x, last 2/8 vs. DEN STL 4, PHX vs. DEN, 12/29/184, 2x, last 2/5 @ DET BLK 4, 2x, last 2/5/20 @ DET
42 vs. DEN, 2/8 MIN 42, PHX vs. DEN, 2/8/20
SEASON HI PTS CAREER
12, 2x, last 2/3 @ BKN 1Q 12, 3x, last 2/3/20 @ BKN10 vs. DEN, 2/8 2Q 24, PHX vs. DEN, 12/29/18
8, 5x, last 2/2 @ MIL 3Q 13, PHX vs. GSW, 12/31/1812 @ CHI, 2/22 4Q 12, PHX @ CHI, 2/22/20
18, 2x, last 2/8 vs. DEN 1H 25, PHX vs. DEN, 12/29/1820 @ CHI, 2/22 2H 20, PHX @ CHI, 2/22/20
12 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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RECENT TRENDS + Followed his career-high 37 points, season-high 16 rebounds and Suns record-
tying 9 3P on Friday with 24 points, 7 rebounds and 4 3P on Sunday... Had 2 career games with 24+ points before scoring 24+ in each of his last 2... Averaging 30.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 6.5 3P over his last 2 games
+ Shooting 58-161 3P (36.0%) this season (had 25 career 3P prior to this season--made over a third of his career total entering 2019-20 on 3/6 when he made 9)
BAYNES, _________________, + A 2014 NBA Champion with San Antonio + Atwo-timeOlympian(2012,2016)
2019-20 SEASON + MadeSunsdebutvs.SACon10/23andmadefirststartasaSunon10/25atDEN + Had career-high 7 assists plus 24 points, 13 rebounds, 3 blocks at GSW on 10/30 + Scored10+incareer-long9straight,including4with20+,from10/25-11/12(prev.
long3straight)...Madea3Pin10straightfrom10/23-11/12(prev.long4straight) + Scored 17 points (8-12 FG) in win at SAC on 12/28, including 11 in 4Q + Posted2ndDDofseasonwith20points(14in4Q)and12reboundsvs.NYKon1/3 + Had career night, tying a Suns recordwith93P(tyingChanningFrye,Quentin
Richardson,RexChapman--playoffs),scoringacareer-high 37 points and grabbing a season-high 16 rebounds... TiedFryeforthemost3PinagameeverbyanyNBAcenter...JoinedJamesHarden(12/31/16)asonlyplayersinNBAhistorywith15+reboundsand8+3Pinagame...Scored19pointson5-53Pin1Qalone,acareer highforpointsinaquarterandalreadysurpassinghisprevioushighfor3Pinagame (4)... Had 22 points, 10 reboundsand63Pin1H--oneofjust2playerssinceatleast1996-97with10+reboundsand6+3Pinahalf(WilsonChandleron12/7/16)
CAREER NOTES + In 136 career starts, averaging 8.3 points, 5.9 boards + BruisingcenterpreviouslyplayedwithSpurs(2012-2015),Pistons(2015-2017)andCeltics(2017-2019),makingplayoffsinallbutoneseason + WithBostonin2018-19,shot21-613P(4-283Pforcareerenteringseason) + Averaged6.8screenassistsper36minutesin2018-19,2nd-mostinNBA(min.800totalminutes)behindonlyCodyZeller + Atthe2019FIBAWorldCupinChina,helpedleadtheBoomerstotheirfirsteversemifinalsappearanceattheWorldCup,finishing4th…
ARON BAYNES C | 46HEIGHT: 6-10 WEIGHT: 260 AGE: 33 (Born 12/9/86) FROM: Washington State/Australia 8th NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: Undrafted in 2009 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Boston on 7/6/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 13 2 4 .500 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 72/29 vs. GSW 11 2 4 .500 1 1 1.00 1 1 1.00 2 2 4 0 3 0 2 0 63/3 vs. TOR DNP - CD3/6 vs. POR 36 12 23 .522 9 14 .643 4 4 1.00 6 10 16 1 4 1 2 2 373/8 vs. MIL 33 8 16 .500 4 11 .364 4 5 .800 2 5 7 1 4 0 2 1 24
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS37 vs. POR, 3/6 PTS 37, PHX vs. POR, 3/6/2012 vs. POR, 3/6 FG 12, 2x, last 3/6/20 vs. POR23 vs. POR, 3/6 FGA 23, 2x, last 3/6/20 vs. POR9 vs. POR, 3/6 3P 9, PHX vs. POR, 3/6/20
14 vs. POR, 3/6 3PA 14, PHX vs. POR, 3/6/206 vs. MEM, 12/11 FT 10, DET vs. WAS, 4/8/167 vs. MEM, 12/11 FTA 10, DET vs. WAS, 4/8/16
16 vs. POR, 3/6 REB 17, DET vs. PHX, 3/19/177 @ GSW, 10/30 AST 7, PHX @ GSW, 10/30/19
1, 9x, last 3/6 vs. POR STL 4, DET @ CHA, 12/7/153, 2x, last 12/16 vs. POR BLK 4, 2x, last 10/28/17 @ MIA
36 vs. POR, 3/6 MIN 36, PHX vs. POR, 3/6/20
Double-Double: 1810+Points: 9620+Points: 11
10+Rebounds: 2915+Rebounds: 22+3P: 18
CAREER GAMES WITH...
NBA FT% LEADERS, ACTIVE CENTERS (min. 300 career makes)
13 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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RECENT TRENDS + Has 4 double-doubles in his last 7 games, averaging 23.7 points
and 8.1 assistsBOOKER, _________________,
+ 2020NBAAll-Star,theSuns’firstsinceSteveNashin2012 + Afinalistforthe2020U.S.OlympicTeam + The 4th-youngest player in NBA history to 7,000 career points + WinnerofNovember2019NBACaresCommunityAssistAward + Afinalistforthe2018-19J.WalterKennedyCitizenshipAward + The2018Three-PointContestChampion(scoredevent-record28pointsinfinal) + Ownerofthehighest-scoringgamebyanyactiveNBAplayer(70on3/24/17)
2019-20 SEASON + Celebrating23rdbday,scored31pointsandtiedcareer-high63PatGSWon10/30 + Surpassed 6,000 career points in scoring 40 (27 in 2H) on 15-19 FG vs. PHI on 11/4 + Grabbed career-high12reboundsandjustmissedfirsttriple-doublewith35points
(11-11 FT) and 9 assists at MIN on 11/23 + Season-high 44 points (13-23 FG, 5-11 3P, 13-13 FT) at NOP on 12/5... 21 in 3Q + PassedCharlesBarkley(6,556)for12th on Suns scoring list at POR on 12/30 + Hadfirst30-pt,10-astgameofseason(9thcareer)with32and10atSACon12/28 + Scored40(14in1Q,17in4Q)on1/5vs.MEM,shooting13-20FGand13-14FT + SetSunsrecordwith7straight30-pointgamesfrom12/27-1/7 + Just missed triple-double with 39 points, 10 rebounds, 9 assists at BOS on 1/18 + Made All-Star debut, scoring 6 points in 19 minutes including putback dunk
CAREER NOTES + Signed max contract extension with Suns on 7/7/18 + In 2018-19, averaged a career-high 26.6 points, 2nd-most in Suns history (Chambers,
27.2 in 1989-90) and 7th on the NBA leaderboard... Ranked 2nd in the NBA behind JamesHardenwith31.0pointsaftertheAll-Starbreak
+ Over3gamesfrom3/25-3/27lastseason,totaled157points--themostovera3-game span in Suns history and joined only Wilt Chamberlain, Kobe Bryant, Michael Jordan, James Harden and Elgin Baylor to score so many over 3 games
+ Ownssingle-gamescoringrecordattwodifferentvenues:Boston’sTDGarden(70on3/24/17)andUtah’sVivintSmartHomeArena(59on3/25/19)...Previously owned high at Mexico City Arena (39 on 1/12/17 and 1/14/17)
OFF THE COURT + DuringPhoenixSunsCharities’annualgalain2019,announcedthathewould
bedonating$2.5millionoverthenextfiveyearstocreatethe“Devin Booker Starting Five”initiativeinagenerousactofhiscommitmenttoimpactingthelivesofArizonafamilies...Overthenextfiveyears,willdonate$500,000peryeartoPhoenixSunsCharitiestocreatetheinitiativeinwhichfivedeservinglocalnonprofitorganizationswillbegranted$100,000eachtocontinuetoimprovethelivesofyouthandfamiliesinneedthroughoutArizona...The2019recipientsofthe“DevinBookerStartingFive”grants:SouthwestAutismResearch&ResourceCenter,ABILITY360,SpecialOlympicsArizona,Leukemia&LymphomaSociety Arizona and UMOM New Day Centers
+ Received the November 2019 NBA Cares Community Assist Award
DEVIN BOOKER G | 1HEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 206 AGE: 23 (Born 10/30/96) FROM: Kentucky/USA 5th NBA Season | 5th with Suns
DRAFTED: 13th overall by the Suns in 2015 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: 13th overall pick in 2015 NBA DraftLAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 40 10 17 .588 1 4 .250 5 7 .714 0 6 6 6 2 2 6 0 262/29 vs. GSW 38 6 16 .375 4 7 .571 5 5 1.00 0 0 0 1 3 0 6 1 213/3 vs. TOR 37 5 14 .357 2 8 .250 10 12 .833 0 4 4 10 5 1 3 0 223/6 vs. POR 39 8 20 .400 3 9 .333 4 4 1.00 0 5 5 12 4 1 3 0 233/8 vs. MIL 39 13 17 .765 4 6 .667 6 7 .857 1 4 5 8 4 1 6 2 36
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS44 @ NOP, 12/5 PTS 70, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/1715 vs. PHI, 11/4 FG 21, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/1727 vs. NYK, 1/3 FGA 40, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/17
6 @ GSW, 10/30 3P 6, 11x, last 10/30/19 @ GSW11, 2x, last 1/26 @ MEM 3PA 15, PHX @ PHI, 11/19/18
15 @ POR, 12/30 FT 24, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/1716 @ HOU, 12/7 FTA 26, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/1712 @ MIN, 11/23 REB 12, PHX @ MIN, 11/23/1912 vs. POR, 3/6 AST 14, PHX @ WAS, 12/22/183 vs. ORL, 1/10 STL 4, PHX @ SAC, 1/2/162 vs. MIL, 3/8 BLK 3, PHX vs. MIL, 11/22/17
42, 2x, last 2/5 @ DET MIN 55, PHX @ WAS, 12/22/18
SEASON HI PTS CAREER
20 vs. MIL, 3/8 1Q 24, PHX vs. MEM, 3/30/1912 @ ATL, 1/14 2Q 27, PHX vs. MIL, 2/4/1722 vs. SAS, 1/20 3Q 23, PHX @ BOS, 3/24/1717 vs. MEM, 1/5 4Q 28, 2x, last 3/24/17 @ BOS28 vs. MIL, 3/8 1H 30, PHX vs. WAS, 3/27/19
20-POINT QUARTERS (13)3/8/20 vs. MIL 1Q 201/28/20 @ DAL 3Q 201/20/20 vs. SAS 3Q 2212/5/19 @ NOP 3Q 213/30/19 vs. MEM 1Q 243/25/19 @ UTA 3Q 201/16/18 @ POR 4Q 214/7/17 vs. OKC 4Q 213/24/17 @ BOS 4Q 283/24/17 @ BOS 3Q 232/4/17 vs. MIL 2Q 271/12/17 vs. DALMexico 4Q 2812/17/16 @ OKC 3Q 20
30-POINT HALVES (5)3/27/19 vs. WAS 1H 303/25/19 @ UTA 2H 3212/4/17 @ PHI 2H 323/24/17 @ BOS 2H 511/12/17 vs. DALMexico 2H 32
NBA LEADERS IN 30-PT HALVES SINCE 2016-17
1. James Harden 192. Damian Lillard 63t. BOOKER/Westbrook 5
NBA LEADERS IN 20-PT QUARTERS SINCE 2016-17
1. James Harden 202. DEVIN BOOKER 13
50-POINT GAMES (3)3/27/19 vs. WAS 503/25/19 @ UTA 593/24/17 @ BOS 70SUNS CAREER LEADERS,
+ WinneroftheSuns’2019MajerleHustleAward + The only rookie in Suns history to eclipse 100 steals and 100 three-pointers + Amemberofthe2019USABasketballSelectTeam + Atwo-timeNCAAChampion(2016and2018atVillanova)
2019-20 SEASON + Hadfirstgamewith10+pointsofseason,scoring10with4stealsatMEMon11/2 + Tied his then career high with 20 points (6-9 FG, 7-7 FT) at SAC on 11/19 + Started3straightfrom12/14-12/17andhadfirst2careergameswith10+boards + Scored 15 points (6-8 FG) with 4 assists and 4 steals on 1/14 at ATL + Career highsof26points,10FGM,63PM(10-13FG,6-83P)inwinon1/18atBOS + LedSunswith18pointsatLALon2/10,hisfirstcareertimeleadingteaminpoints + Hadfirstcareerdouble-doublewith21pointsand10reboundson3/8vs.MIL
CAREER NOTES + In 79 career starts, averaging 9.7 points, 3.8 rebounds, 1.53 steals + As a rookie in 2018-19, led NBA rookies with 1.57 steals per game (12th overall in league), 129
totalsteals(8th)and2.7deflectionspergame(t-15th) + In 2018-19, played in all 82 games (56 starts), averaging 8.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists + The2017-18JuliusErvingSmallForwardoftheYearAwardwinner,averaging17.7pointstohelpVillanovatotheirsecondtitleinthreeyears
MIKAL BRIDGES (Mick-EL) F | 25HEIGHT: 6-6 WEIGHT: 209 AGE: 23 (Born 8/30/96) FROM: Villanova/USA 2nd NBA Season | 2nd with Suns
DRAFTED: 10th overall by Philadelphia in 2018 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Philadelphia on 6/21/18LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 38 5 8 .625 2 4 .500 1 1 1.00 0 1 1 5 1 1 1 3 132/29 vs. GSW 39 5 12 .417 5 10 .500 0 0 - 1 2 3 3 2 1 0 1 153/3 vs. TOR 37 5 10 .500 2 6 .333 0 0 - 0 3 3 3 2 0 4 0 123/6 vs. POR 39 7 10 .700 2 4 .500 2 2 1.00 2 3 5 2 1 2 2 1 183/8 vs. MIL 43 7 13 .538 2 6 .333 5 5 1.00 2 8 10 3 4 0 1 1 21
CAREER 4-POINT PLAYS: 2 (last 4/1/19 vs. CLE)2 in SAME QUARTER (1Q) vs. CLE on 4/1/19
ON NBA LEADERBOARD1.44 spg t-17th
RECENT TRENDS + Averaging 10.0 points over his last 3 games with 10+ in 2 + Over his last 50 games since last season, shooting 60-132 3P (45.5%) with 16
+ MadefirststartasaSun(4thcareer)inwinvs.LACon10/26,tyingcareer highs with 6 assists and 3 steals
+ Scored 15 points, t-2nd most in a game in career,includingtying3Pinfinalminuteon 10/28 vs. UTA... Again scored 15 on 2/2 at MIL
CAREER NOTES + In 5 career starts, averaging 5.4 points, 2.6 assists, 1.40 steals + Played 39 games with Memphis as a rookie in 2018-19, averaging 4.4 points, 1.8
assists and 0.7 steals in 14.8 minues + Inthe2018-19seasonfinalevs.GSW,scoredacareer-high32pointsoffthebench,making8-123P + Played22gameswiththeMemphisHustleoftheGLeaguein2018-19,averaging18.4points,6.5assistsand2.6steals + WinneroftheinauguralNaismithDefensivePlayeroftheYearAwardin2017-18,culminatingacareerwhereheledWestVirginiatofour
15 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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RECENT TRENDS + When playing 19+ minutes this season, has 10+ points in all 7 games, averaging
15.0 points on 45-57 FG (78.9%) plus 14-16 FT (87.5%) and 6.7 rebounds + Aside from game at HOU on 12/7, is shooting 84-125 FG (67.2%) this season
DIALLO, _________________, + Just the second player in NBA history born in Mali (Soumaila Samake) + Measuring a 7-5 wingspan and a 9-0 standing reach + MVPofboththeMcDonald’sAll-AmericanGameandJordanBrandClassicin2015
2019-20 SEASON + Made Suns debut on 10/23 vs. SAC + At DEN on 11/24, had career highs with 22 points on 10-12 FG in 36 minutes + Had1stDDofseason(17thcareer)with17points(7-8)and10reboundsvs.WAS
on 11/27 + Scored16pointson6-8FGandmadethe2nd3PofhiscareeratORLon12/4 + Posted 14 points (5-5 FG, 4-4 FT), 8 rebounds and 3 blocks in win vs. HOU on 2/7 + Madefirststartofseason,scoring15pointson7-9FGincareer-high 39 minutes at
LAL on 2/10... Made second straight start on 2/12 vs. GSW, scoring 10 on 5-6 FGCAREER NOTES
+ In 3 career starts, averaging 10.0 points, 6.0 rebounds + PlayedfirstthreeproseasonswithNewOrleans,averaging15.6points,13.2reboundsand1.3blocksper36minutesin113apperances + AftertheAll-Starbreakin2018-19,averaged8.9pointsand7.6reboundswhileshooting63.6FG%and84.0FT% + From2/23/19-2/27/19,made14consecutivefieldgoals,tyingDavidWest’sNewOrleansfranchiserecord
CHEICK DIALLO (Sheck Dee-ALL-oh) F/C | 14HEIGHT: 6-8 WEIGHT: 219 AGE: 23 (Born 9/13/96) FROM: Kansas/Mali 4th NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: 33rd overall by LA Clippers in 2016 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: Signed as free agent on 7/23/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET DNP - CD2/29 vs. GSW 2 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 03/3 vs. TOR DNP - CD3/6 vs. POR 15 1 4 .250 0 0 - 0 0 - 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 23/8 vs. MIL 14 2 4 .500 0 0 - 2 2 1.00 0 3 3 1 1 0 2 0 6
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS22 @ DEN, 11/24 PTS 22, PHX @ DEN, 11/24/1910 @ DEN, 11/24 FG 10, PHX @ DEN, 11/24/1912 @ DEN, 11/24 FGA 15, 2x, last 3/8/19 vs. TOR
1 @ ORL, 12/4 3P 1, 2x, last 12/4/19 @ ORL1, 2x, last 1/22 vs. IND 3PA 1, 6x, last 1/22/20 vs. IND4, 2x, last 2/7 vs. HOU FT 6, NOP @ IND, 2/22/194, 4x, last 2/7 vs. HOU FTA 7, NOP @ IND, 2/22/19
10 vs. WAS, 11/27 REB 18, NOP @ IND, 2/22/193 @ LAL, 2/10 AST 5, NOP vs. GSW, 4/9/193 @ NYK, 1/16 STL 3, 3x, last 1/16/20 @ NYK3 vs. HOU, 2/7 BLK 3, 4x, last 2/7/20 vs. HOU39 @ LAL, 2/10 MIN 39, PHX @ LAL, 2/10/20
2019-20 SEASON + Made NBA debut and Suns debut on 10/23 vs. SAC + Scoredfirstcareerpointson2/3atBKN + JoinedNAZSunson10/28,11/28,12/26,2/6,2/18;returnedtoPHXSunson11/26,12/23,2/1,2/9
G LEAGUE + Averaging 20.8 points on 41.2 FG%, 35.9 3P%, 78.7 FT% plus 5.7 assists, 2.8 rebounds
and 1.0 steals in 30.0 minutes in 33 games with the NAZ Suns + NAZ’s leading scorer... Scored 34 points in the season opener vs. Agua Caliente on 11/9...
Had career-high 13 assists plus 25 points vs. Fort Wayne at G League Showcase on 12/20CAREER NOTES
+ PlayedthreeseasonsatAuburn,runningthepointfortheTigers’first-everFinalFourteamin2019,theSECTournamentchampionsin2019and the SEC regular-season co-champions in 2017-18
JARED HARPER G | 12HEIGHT: 5-10 WEIGHT: 175 AGE: 22 (Born 9/14/97) FROM: Auburn/USA 1st NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: Undrafted in 2019 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: Signed as free agent on 7/17/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET INACTIVE - G League2/29 vs. GSW INACTIVE - G League3/3 vs. TOR INACTIVE - G League3/6 vs. POR INACTIVE - G League3/8 vs. MIL INACTIVE - G League
16 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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RECENT TRENDS + Has 9+ points in 3 of his last 11 games
JEROME, _________________, + A2019NCAAChampionafterguidingVirginiatoitsfirstbasketballtitle + The ACC leader with 5.5 assists per game in 2018-19
2019-20 SEASON + Missedfirst17gamesofseasonwithrightanklesprainsustainedjustpriortostartofregularseason + Made NBA debut on 12/2 at CHA, recording 4 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds and 3 steals... Joined Alvan
G LEAGUE + AssignedtoNAZoftheGLeagueon11/25,11/29,3/4;recalledon11/26,11/30,3/5 + Averaging 16.7 points (47.4 FG%, 35.7 3P%) with 5.0 assists, 3.7 rebounds in 16.7 minutes + Made his season debut on 11/26, scoring 9 points in 13 minutes vs. Iowa... Had 18 points (6-8 FG, 2-2 3P) plus 4 assists and 4
rebounds in 19 minutes on 11/30 vs. Sioux Falls... Had 23 points, 9 assists, 5 rebounds, 4 steals on 3/4 vs. Iowa CAREER NOTES
+ In the 2019 Final Four, averaged 18.5 points, 7.5 rebounds and 7.0 assists in two games in Minneapolis; joined Oscar Robertson (1959 and 1960) and Magic Johnson (1979) as the only players to average at least 17 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists at a Final Four
TY JEROME G | 10HEIGHT: 6-5 WEIGHT: 195 AGE: 22 (Born 7/8/97) FROM: Virginia/USA 1st NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: 24th overall by Philadelphia in 2019 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Boston on 7/6/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET DNP - CD2/29 vs. GSW 2 0 2 .000 0 0 - 0 0 - 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 03/3 vs. TOR DNP - CD3/6 vs. POR 14 1 2 .500 1 2 .500 0 0 - 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 33/8 vs. MIL 14 2 5 .400 1 3 .333 0 0 - 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 5
SEASON/CAREER HIGHSPTS 15 vs. HOU, 12/21FG 6 vs. HOU, 12/21FGA 10, 2x, last 2/10 @ LAL3P 2, 3x, last 1/28 @ DAL3PA 4, 4x, last 2/21 @ TORFT 5 @ LAL, 2/10FTA 7 @ LAL, 2/10REB 4, 2x, last 2/10 @ LALAST 7 @ ORL, 12/4STL 3 @ CHA, 12/2BLK 1, 3x, last 1/28 @ DALMIN 23 @ DAL, 1/28
ON ROOKIE LEADERBOARD1.6 apg 19th
RECENT TRENDS + Averaging 10.1 points on 25-58 3P (43.1%) over last 10 games + Has 91 3P thru 49 career games, the most ever by a Suns rookie thru 49 games
2019-20 SEASON + Made NBA debut vs. LAC on 10/26, scoring 4 points (1-3 3P) in 8:39 + Madefirst5FGAinscoring12points,firstcareergamewith10+,atGSWon10/30 + Set then highs with 15 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks and 20 minutes in win vs. BKN on 11/10 + Posted career highs with 18 points, 7 FG and 4 3P at SAC on 11/19 + BecamefirstrookieinSunshistorywith4+3PMinconsecutivegamesfrom12/4-12/5 + Made2+3Pin7straightfrom12/4-12/16,2nd-longeststreakeverbyaSunsrookie + Madefirstcareerstartandhadcareer-high 4 assists and 3 steals plus a poster dunk on 2/10 at LAL + Celebrating24thbirthdayon3/3vs.TOR,hadcareer highsof21points,53Pand3blocks...Justthe5thgameinNBAhistoryofarookie
CAMERON JOHNSON F | 23HEIGHT: 6-8 WEIGHT: 210 AGE: 24 (Born 3/3/96) FROM: North Carolina/USA 1st NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: 11th overall by Minnesota in 2019 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Minnesota on 7/6/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 20 3 6 .500 3 5 .600 0 0 - 1 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 92/29 vs. GSW 26 2 8 .250 1 6 .167 1 2 .500 0 4 4 2 2 1 0 0 63/3 vs. TOR 33 7 16 .438 5 13 .385 2 2 1.00 0 4 4 2 2 1 1 3 213/6 vs. POR NWT - Illness3/8 vs. MIL NWT - Illness
SEASON/CAREER HIGHSPTS 21 vs. TOR, 3/3FG 7, 3x, last 3/3 vs. TORFGA 16 vs. TOR, 3/33P 5 vs. TOR, 3/33PA 13 vs. TOR, 3/3FT 6 vs. ATL, 11/14FTA 6 vs. ATL, 11/14REB 7 vs. DEN, 12/23AST 4 @ LAL, 2/10STL 3 @ LAL, 2/10BLK 3 vs. TOR, 3/3MIN 33, 3x, last 3/3 vs. TOR
+ Recordedfirstdouble-doubleofseason(8thcareer)andmadecareer-high11FTinscoring 19 points with 11 rebounds at DEN on 10/25
+ MadefirststartoftheseasonatSACon11/19,scoring17pointsin23minutes + Scored 23 (10-12 FG) at ORL on 12/4 with 21 in 1H, a career highpointsinhalf + Scored season-high 24points(9-12FGandperfect4-43P)vs.MEMon12/11 + Started13of14from11/19-12/16,averaging13.0ptson49.0FG%,41.13P%
CAREER NOTES + In 36 career starts, averaging 13.5 points, 5.3 rebounds + PlayedfirstfourseasonswithCharlottewhereheaveraged9.8pointsand4.0
(making1.6pergame)and79.2FT%...Averaged18.0pointsovertheseason’sfinalfivegames + Forhiscareer,hasaveraged11.2pointson39.13P%and78.9FT%aftertheAll-Starbreak + Teammates with Devin Booker on Team USA in the 2017 Rising Stars Challenge at NBA All-Star in New
Orleans--scored a team-high 33 points on 9-13 3P + LedWisconsintoschool-record36winsandnationalrunner-upfinishin2014-15
FRANK KAMINSKY III F/C | 8HEIGHT: 7-0 WEIGHT: 240 AGE: 26 (Born 4/4/93) FROM: Wisconsin/USA 5th NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: 9th overall by Charlotte in 2015 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: Signed as free agent on 7/17/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET INACTIVE - Right Patella Stress Fracture2/29 vs. GSW INACTIVE - Right Patella Stress Fracture3/3 vs. TOR INACTIVE - Right Patella Stress Fracture3/6 vs. POR INACTIVE - Right Patella Stress Fracture3/8 vs. MIL INACTIVE - Right Patella Stress Fracture
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS24 vs. MEM, 12/11 PTS 27, CHA @ TOR, 2/15/17
10, 2x, last 12/14 vs SAS FG 11, CHA @ TOR, 2/15/1719 vs. SAS, 12/14 FGA 20, CHA vs. BOS, 12/23/154 vs. MEM, 12/11 3P 6, CHA @ WAS, 2/23/188 vs. SAS, 12/14 3PA 9, 3x, last 2/23/18 @ WAS
11 @ DEN, 10/25 FT 11, PHX @ DEN, 10/25/1911 @ DEN, 10/25 FTA 12, CHA vs. NOP, 1/24/1811 @ DEN, 10/25 REB 13, 2x, last 4/5/19 vs. TOR6 vs. LAC, 10/26 AST 7, CHA vs. BOS, 4/8/17
2, 3x, last 12/17 @ LAC STL 3, 6x, last 1/21/17 vs. BKN2 @ CHA, 12/2 BLK 3, 4x, last 2/13/17 vs. PHI
33, 3x, last 12/5 @ NOP MIN 40, CHA @ NYK, 11/25/16
10+Points: 15510+PtsOffBench: 13020+Points: 30
Double-Double: 810+Rebounds: 85+3P: 3
CAREER GAMES WITH...
MOST GAMES W/ 10+ PTS OFF BENCH IN FIRST 4 CAREER SEASONS SINCE 2000
1. Ben Gordon 1502. James Harden 1443. Montrezl Harrell 1264. FRANK KAMINSKY III 120
RECENT TRENDS + Assigned to NAZ Suns of the G League on 2/18
2019-20 SEASON + Made his NBA debut in his hometown on 1/16, playing 2 minutes at NYK in Madison Square Garden + ScoredfirstNBApointson2/2atMIL,scoring4on2-3FGin11minutes + AssignedtoNAZSunson10/28,11/28,12/26,1/21,2/6,2/18;recalledon11/26,12/16,1/5,2/1,2/9
G LEAGUE + Averaging 13.3 points on 41.1 FG%, 21.7 3P%, 59.7 FT% plus 3.5 assists, 3.3 rebounds
and 0.8 steals in 26.6 minutes in 33 games with the NAZ Suns + Tied season-high 25 points and had season highs of 8 rebounds and 5 steals vs. Iowa on
11/26... Scored 25 again at Salt Lake City on 12/7... Had first DD with 16 points, 12 assists on 2/22 at Windy CityCAREER NOTES
JALEN LECQUE (luh-Q) G | 0HEIGHT: 6-3 WEIGHT: 190 AGE: 19 (Born 6/13/00) FROM: Brewster Academy (NH)/USA 1st NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: Undrafted in 2019 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: Signed as free agent on 7/6/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET INACTIVE - G League2/29 vs. GSW INACTIVE - G League3/3 vs. TOR INACTIVE - G League3/6 vs. POR INACTIVE - G League3/8 vs. MIL INACTIVE - G League
2018,onepointshyoftherecordinFrance’stop-tierleague2019-20 SEASON
+ Scoredthenseason-high16points,shooting3-43P,atDENon11/24 + Madefirststartofseasonandscoredseason-high 17 points vs. HOU on 12/21 + Had10+pointsincareer-long3straightfrom12/17-12/21,averaging12.7points
on 15-25 FG (60.0%) plus 2.0 steals and 0.7 blocksCAREER NOTES
+ In 19 career starts, averaging 7.3 points, 3.3 assists, 2.5 rebounds + As a rookie in 2018-19, averaged 5.7 points and 2.4 assists (9th among rookies) in
18.1 minutes over 53 games + Dished out career-high 11 assists with 0 turnovers vs. ATL on 2/2/19, the only rookie
2019-20 SEASON + SignedwithSunson1/15afterplayinghisfirst23gamesoftheGLeagueseasononNAZSuns’roster...
RemainedwithNAZaftersigningwithSuns...JoinedPhoenixSunson2/1,2/9;rejoinedNAZon2/6,2/18 + Made NBA debut on 2/2 at MIL, scoring 2 points in 7 minutes + PlayedwithSunsduringthepreseasonandwasontheteam’srosterat2019NBASummerLeague
G LEAGUE + Averaging 10.4 points on 59.5 FG%, 28.6 3P%, 78.3 FT% plus 7.0 rebounds and 1.3 blocks
in 24.4 minutes in 40 games with the NAZ Suns + Leads NAZ with 8 double-doubles... Scored season-high 22 points on 9-12 FG vs. Agua Caliente on 2/8... Season-high 15
rebounds plus 14 points vs. Texas on 11/13CAREER NOTES
TARIQ OWENS (TUH-reek) F | 41HEIGHT: 6-10 WEIGHT: 205 AGE: 24 (Born 6/30/95) FROM: Texas Tech/USA 1st NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: Undrafted in 2019 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: Signed as free agent on 1/15/20LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET INACTIVE - G League2/29 vs. GSW INACTIVE - G League3/3 vs. TOR INACTIVE - G League3/6 vs. POR INACTIVE - G League3/8 vs. MIL INACTIVE - G League
2019-20 SEASON + Scored20+pointsin5straightthru10/26andhadastealin16straightthru10/28 + Career-longstreakof22straightgamesscoring10+pointsendedon11/12 + Scoredthenseason-high30pointsvs.ATLon11/14,his2ndcareergamewith30+
pts + Tied his career-high with5stealsinadditiontoscoring20atSACon11/19 + Scored23pointsatCHAon2/2,including2critical3P,ablockandaforcedTOto
complete 7-point comeback in last 1:00 + Had career highsof15boards,4blocksand47minutesinOTwinatNOPon12/5 + Made3Pwith:02.6lefttoforceOTvs.SASinMexicoCityon12/14...Madego-
ahead4-pointplaywith:32.0leftinlossvs.PORinnextgameon12/16 + Scored 20 points, career-high 15 boards and season-high 5 assists at SAC on 12/28 + Made career-high 7 3P in scoring 29 in comeback win at POR on 12/30 + Scored29(20in2H)on5-73Pvs.NYKon1/3,hiscareer-long3rdstraightwith25+ + Gamehighsof25points,15rebounds(tied CH), 3 steals, 2 blocks on 1/12 vs. CHA + Tied his then season high with 30 points on 11-19 FG and 5-9 3P on 2/5 at DET...
Scored 15 in 2Q, his career highforpointsinaquarter + Scored career-high 39 points on his bobblehead night vs. HOU on 2/7, tying career
high with 7 3P... Scored career-high 22 in 2H... Recorded consecutivegameswith30+pointsforfirsttimeincareer,alsomaking5+3Pinboth(joinedSteveNashandDanMajerleasonlySunswith30+pointsand5+3Pintwostraight)
CAREER NOTES + Re-signedwithSunstomultiyearcontracton7/16/19 + AfterbeingacquiredbySunsin2018-19,averagedcareerhighsof16.9points,4.9rebounds,1.73P,1.4stealsand1.0blocksin40games...
His16.9pointswereoverdoublehiscareerscoringaveragein4+seasonswithWashington(8.2)OFF THE COURT
KELLY OUBRE JR. (OOH-bray) F | 3HEIGHT: 6-7 WEIGHT: 203 AGE: 24 (Born 12/9/95) FROM: Kansas/USA 5th NBA Season | 2nd with Suns
DRAFTED: 15th overall by Atlanta in 2015 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Washington on 12/17/18LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET INACTIVE - Right Knee2/29 vs. GSW INACTIVE - Right Knee3/3 vs. TOR INACTIVE - Right Knee3/6 vs. POR INACTIVE - Right Knee3/8 vs. MIL INACTIVE - Right Knee
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS39 vs. HOU, 2/7 PTS 39, PHX vs. HOU, 2/7/2014 vs. HOU, 2/7 FG 14, PHX vs. HOU, 2/7/20
22 @ POR, 12/30 FGA 25, PHX @ NOP, 3/16/197, 2x, last 2/7 vs. HOU 3P 7, 2x, last 2/7/20 vs. HOU
11 vs. DEN, 2/8 3PA 11, PHX vs. DEN, 2/8/209, 4x, last 1/26 @ MEM FT 12, PHX vs. MIL, 3/4/19
10, 2x, last 1/26 @ MEM FTA 17, PHX vs. MIL, 3/4/1915, 3x, last 1/12 vs. CHA REB 15, 3x, last 1/12/20 vs. CHA
5 @ SAC, 12/28 AST 7, PHX vs. POR, 1/24/195 @ SAC, 11/19 STL 5, 3x, last 11/19/19 @ SAC
4, 2x, last 12/11 vs. MEM BLK 4, PHX @ NOP, 12/5/1947 @ NOP, 12/5 MIN 47, PHX @ NOP, 12/5/19
SEASON HI PTS CAREER
12 vs. HOU, 12/21 1Q 12, 2x, last 12/21/19 vs. HOU15 @ DET, 2/5 2Q 15, PHX @ DET, 2/5/2013 vs. NYK 1/3 3Q 13, PHX vs. NYK, 1/3/20
12 @ MEM, 1/26 4Q 12, PHX @ MEM, 1/26/2018 @ DET, 2/5 1H 18, PHX @ DET, 2/5/20
Double-Double: 13DD as a Sun: 1210+Rebounds: 135+3P: 85+Steals: 3
CAREER GAMES WITH...
CAREER 4-POINT PLAYS: 8 (last 1/31/20 vs. OKC)
ON NBA LEADERBOARD1.27 spg t-28th34.5 mpg t-22nd
FIELD GOALS TO TAKE LEAD OR TIE (final 5 seconds of 4Q or OT)DATE TEAM/OPP. PER. TIME SHOT SCORE AFTER FG W/L12/14/19 PHXvs.*SAS 4Q :02.6 23’3-ptfromrtcorner109-109 L
+ AtDENon10/25,made3FTw/:01.8lefttoforceOT,drawingfoulnearmidcourt + Scored 21 (including career-high 12 in 4Q) with 10 assists vs. PHI on 11/4 + Hadconsecutivegameswith20+pointsand10+assistsvs.BKNon11/10andvs.
+ Had 31 assists between turnovers over 11/29-12/5 + Had season-high15assistsandtiedseason-high 4 steals in win at NOP on 12/5,
thefirst15-assistgamebyaSunsplayersinceBrandonKnighton11/16/15 + Scored season-high 25 points and had 13 assists in OT loss vs. SAS in Mexico City...
Recorded his 4,000th career assist + Had 6th career regular-season triple-double andfirstbyaSunsinceElfridPaytonon
3/4/18 with 10 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists vs. POR on 12/16 + Scored 24 points on 9-11 FG with 8 assists and 0 turnovers at OKC on 12/20 then
had 21 points on 9-12 FG and 9 assists in his next game vs. DEN on 12/23 + Had8+assistsincareer-long12straightfrom11/29-12/23 + Led NBA in December with 10.6 assists per game + Recorded his 1,000th career steal on 1/10 vs. ORL + Inhisfirstgameafterbirthoffirstchild,tiedseason-highs 25 points and 4 steals
along with 13 assists, 8 rebounds and 3 3P in win at NYK on 1/16 + In return game at UTA on 2/24, had 22 points, 11 assists and season-high 7 steals, becoming the
firstplayerinSunshistorywith22+points,11+assistsand7+stealsinagame,in20-pointwin + Recorded career-long4straightgameswith15+pointsand10+assistsfrom2/22-2/28 + Had triple-doublewith25points(tiedseason high),13rebounds(tiedcareer high) and 13 assists
+ Atruefloorgeneral,ranks18thall-timeincareerassistspergameand19thall-timeincareerstealspergame--oneofjustfiveplayerstorankinthetop20inNBAhistoryinbothassistsandstealspergame,joinedbycurrentorfutureHallofFamepoint guards Jason Kidd, Magic Johnson, John Stockton and Chris Paul
+ Atthe2019FIBAWorldCupinChina,wasnamedthetournament’sMVPafterleadingSpaintogold…Averaged16.4points,6.0assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.5 steals in 8 games, going 8-0
+ PlayedfirstsixseasonsinMinnesota(2011-2017)beforeplaying last two seasons in Utah (2017-2019)... Averaged 10.3 points, 8.5 assists and 2.1 steals with the Wolves and 12.9 points, 5.7 assists and 1.5 steals with Utah
FIELD GOALS TO TAKE LEAD OR TIE (final 5 seconds of 4Q or OT)DATE TEAM/OPP. PER. TIME SHOT SCORE AFTER FG W/L1/26/18 UTA@TOR 4Q :04.8 25’3-ptfromltwing 95-93(GW) W1/3/17 MIN@PHI 4Q :01.6 25’3-ptfromrtwing 91-91 L3/11/16 MIN@OKC 4Q :00.2 24’3-ptfromltwing 99-96(GW) W
TRIPLE-DOUBLES (7 + 1 in Playoffs*)DATE TEAM/OPP. PTS AST REB3/8/20 PHX vs. MIL 25 13 1312/16/19 PHX vs. POR 10 14 114/21/18* UTA vs. OKC 26 10 113/4/17 MIN @ SAS 11 10 133/2/15 MIN vs. LAC 18 11 123/19/14 MIN @ DAL 22 15 1011/10/13 MIN @ LAL 12 14 103/12/13 MIN vs. SAS 21 12 13
ASSISTS PER GAME, NBA ACTIVE LEADERS (min. 300 career games)
1. Chris Paul 9.52. John Wall 9.23. Rajon Rondo 8.34. Russell Westbrook 8.35. RICKY RUBIO 7.8
STEALS PER GAME, NBA ACTIVE LEADERS (min. 300 career games)
1. Chris Paul 2.22. RICKY RUBIO 1.93. Kawhi Leonard 1.84. Russell Westbrook 1.85. Robert Covington 1.7
ON NBA LEADERBOARD8.9 apg 3rd1.57 spg 12th
MOST GAMES WITH 10+ ASSISTS AND 1 OR FEWER TURNOVERS IN 2019-20
1. RICKY RUBIO 102t. Chris Paul/Devonte' Graham 64. LeBron James 5
21 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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RECENT TRENDS + Scored 10+ points in 5 straight, his season-long streak, averaging 14.6 points on
60.0 FG% and 57.1 3P% plus 5.6 rebounds + Returned to starting lineup on 2/26, his first start since 1/26 + Has 10+ points in 22 of his last 42 with 7 double-doubles and 2 15/15 games + Has made 65 of his last 77 FT (84.4%) since 11/18
ŠARIĆ, _________________, + Therunner-upforNBARookieoftheYearin2016-17(MalcolmBrogdon) + An Olympian in 2016
2019-20 SEASON + Made Suns debut on 10/23 vs. SAC and scored 7 points with 4 rebounds + Had15pointsand10reboundson10/26vs.LAC,hisfirstdouble-doublesince
gettingonewithMinnesotaatPhoenixon12/15/18 + Grabbed career-high 5 steals plus 16 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists at GSW on 10/30 + Setthenseasonhighsscoringinconsecutivegameswith18vs.LALon11/12and
23 vs. ATL on 11/14 + Grabbed career-high17rebounds(alldefensive)inadditiontoscoring18pointsat
DEN on 11/24, his 2nd career 15/15 game... Also had 15/15 game by tying career-high 17 rebounds and scoring 19 in Mexico City vs. SAS on 12/14
+ Had8thdouble-doubleofseasonwith13pointsand11reboundsatBOSon1/18 + Scored 20 points in win at SAS on 1/24, including 9 in 2Q as Suns outscored Spurs
34-16 + Scored14pointsonperfect5-5FGand2-23PinwinatUTAon2/24 + Scored season-high 24 points on 9-13 FG on 3/6 vs. POR, including 11 points in the
DARIO ŠARIĆ (DAH-ree-oh SHAH-ritch) F | 20HEIGHT: 6-10 WEIGHT: 225 AGE: 25 (Born 4/8/94) FROM: Anadolu Efes/Croatia 4th NBA Season | 1st with Suns
DRAFTED: 12th overall by Orlando in 2014 ACQUIRED BY SUNS: In trade from Minnesota on 7/6/19LAST 5 GAMES MIN FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST PF STL TO BLK PTS2/28 vs. DET 27 5 9 .556 1 1 1.00 0 0 - 1 2 3 2 3 0 3 0 112/29 vs. GSW 28 4 8 .500 0 2 .000 3 4 .750 2 7 9 3 2 0 0 1 113/3 vs. TOR 23 6 8 .750 2 3 .667 2 2 1.00 0 3 3 2 4 0 2 0 163/6 vs. POR 38 9 13 .692 2 4 .500 4 5 .800 3 5 8 0 2 3 1 1 243/8 vs. MIL 26 3 7 .429 3 4 .750 2 4 .500 2 3 5 1 3 1 1 0 11
SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS24 vs. POR, 3/6 PTS 32, PHI @ CHI, 3/24/17
9, 3x, last 3/6 vs. POR FG 12, PHI @ CHI, 3/24/1717 vs. SAS, 12/14 FGA 20, 3x, last 3/19/17 vs. BOS
4, 3x, last 12/20 @ OKC 3P 5, 3x, last 4/7/19 vs. OKC8 @ HOU, 12/7 3PA 11, PHI @ DET, 10/23/18
5, 4x, last 1/26 @ MEM FT 9, PHI vs. GSW, 2/27/176 @ MEM, 1/26 FTA 10, 3x, last 3/13/18 vs. IND
17, 2x, last 12/14 vs SAS REB 17, 2x, last 12/14/19 vs. SAS5, 4x, last 1/18 @ BOS AST 9, PHI vs. TOR, 12/21/17
5 @ GSW, 10/30 STL 5, PHX @ GSW, 10/30/192, 2x, last 11/29 vs. DAL BLK 3, 2x, last 11/15/17 @ LAL38, 2x, last 3/6 vs. POR MIN 49, PHI vs. OKC, 12/15/17
SEASON HI PTS CAREER
13 vs. TOR, 3/3 1Q 15, PHI @ MIL, 3/4/1811 vs. POR, 3/6 2Q 12, 2x, last 3/19/17 vs. BOS
8, 3x, last 12/23 vs DEN 3Q 14, 2x, last 4/7/19 vs. OKC11 vs. POR, 3/6 4Q 13, PHI @ CHI, 3/24/17
13, 3x, last 3/3 vs. TOR 1H 17, PHI vs. MIL, 4/11/1813 vs. POR, 3/6 2H 22, PHI @ CHI, 3/24/17
MOST 3P BY PLAYERS WITH 1,000+ REBOUNDS THRU FIRST 3 SEASONS, NBA HISTORY
RK PLAYER REB 3P1. DARIO ŠARIĆ 1,490 3812. NikolaMirotić 1,150 3633. Chandler Parsons 1,113 3424. Paul Pierce 1,227 3275. Danny Granger 1,251 3116. Steve Francis 1,363 3087. Paul George 1,197 3018. LeBron James 1,576 2989. Kevin Durant 1,453 284
LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY 36, 2/7 vs. Houston LARGEST MARGIN OF DEFEAT 25, 2x, last 2/10 at L.A. LakersLARGEST LEAD 39, 1/28 at Dallas LARGEST DEFICIT 36, 1/1 at L.A. LakersLARGEST COMEBACK TO WIN 19, 12/30 at Portland LARGEST BLOWN LEAD IN A LOSS 21, 1/7 vs. Sacramento
PRESEASON 2-2OCTOBER 3-2
NOVEMBER 5-8DECEMBER 5-10JANUARY 7-8
FEBRUARY 4-9MARCH 2-1APRIL -
AT THIS POINT LAST SEASON 13-51AT THIS POINT THIS SEASON 26-38
DIFFERENCE +13
OFFENSE DEFENSE100+ 25-30 19-36<100 1-8 7-2
vs. OPPONENTS.500 OR ABOVE 9-20
SUB-.500 16-18
SUNS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD WHEN...HOME ROAD OVERALL HOME ROAD OVERALL
Lead at end of 1st quarter 8-9 7-4 15-13 Suns score less than 80 points - - -Trail at end of 1st quarter 5-13 6-11 11-24 Suns score 80-89 points 0-2 - 0-2Tied at end of 1st quarter - 0-1 0-1 Suns score 90-99 points 1-3 0-3 1-6Lead at end of 2nd quarter 8-6 9-3 17-9 Suns score 100-109 points 1-5 3-10 4-15Trail at end of 2nd quarter 4-14 3-13 7-27 Suns score 110-119 points 2-9 3-3 5-12Tied at end of 2nd quarter 1-2 1-0 2-2 Suns score 120+ points 9-3 7-0 16-3Lead at end of 3rd quarter 10-3 12-1 22-4 Opponents score less than 80 points - - -Trail at end of 3rd quarter 2-17 1-15 3-32 Opponents score 80-89 points - - -Tied at end of 3rd quarter 1-2 - 1-2 Opponents score 90-99 points 4-2 3-0 7-2Shoot higher FG% than opponent 12-7 10-5 22-12 Opponents score 100-109 points 3-1 4-2 7-3Shoot lower FG% than opponent 1-15 3-11 4-26 Opponents score 110-119 points 4-9 5-7 9-16Shoot 50% FG or higher 7-4 5-2 12-6 Opponents score 120+ points 2-10 1-7 3-17Shoot lower than 50% FG 6-18 8-14 14-32 7 or more Suns score 10+ points 1-4 - 1-4Make more 3-PT FG than opponent 9-6 7-4 16-10 6 Suns score 10+ points 4-5 3-2 7-7Make fewer 3-PT FG than opponent 2-16 6-10 8-26 5 Suns score 10+ points 5-8 8-6 13-14Attempt more FT than opponent 7-13 5-6 12-19 Outscore opponents bench 4-7 3-6 7-13Attempt fewer FT than opponent 5-9 8-9 13-18 Outscored by opponents bench 8-15 10-10 18-25Outrebound opponent 7-9 9-4 16-13 Play on TNT 0-1 - 0-1Outrebounded by opponent 6-11 4-11 10-22 Play on NBA TV 1-2 1-3 2-5Commit more turnovers than opponent 4-11 5-7 9-18 Play on first night of back-to-back 1-3 1-6 2-9Commit fewer turnovers than opponent 8-7 7-8 15-15 Play on second night of back-to-back 1-3 3-4 4-7
SUNS 2019-20 REGULAR SEASON RECORD WHEN WEARING THEIR...HOME ROAD OVERALL
White Association Edition uniformWhite Association Edition uniform 4-13 7-6 11-19Purple Icon Edition uniformPurple Icon Edition uniform 4-2 5-6 9-8Orange Statement Edition uniformOrange Statement Edition uniform 4-3 1-3 5-6Los Suns Noche City Edition uniformLos Suns Noche City Edition uniform 1-4 0-1 1-5
2019-20 INDIVIDUAL REGULAR SEASON HIGHSCATEGORY SUNS OPPONENTS
POINTS 44 Devin Booker, 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 47 James Harden, 12/21 vs. HoustonPTS (QUARTER) 22 Devin Booker, 1/20 vs. San Antonio (3Q) 21 Trae Young, 1/14 at Atlanta (4Q)
PTS (HALF) 28 Devin Booker, 1/20 vs. San Antonio (2H); 3/8 vs. Milwaukee (1H) 30 Jimmy Butler, 11/7 vs. Miami (1H)
MINUTES 47:01 Kelly Oubre Jr., 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 43:27 Lonzo Ball, 12/5 at New Orleans (OT)
FIELD GOALS MADE 15 Devin Booker, 11/4 vs. Philadelphia 15 James Harden, 12/21 vs. HoustonDerrick Rose, 2/28 vs. Detroit
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 27 Devin Booker, 1/3 vs. New YorkDeandre Ayton, 2/2 at Milwaukee 27 James Harden, 12/7 at Houston;
12/21 vs. Houston3-PT FGs MADE 9 Aron Baynes, 3/6 vs. Portland 11 Marcus Smart, 1/18 at Boston
3-PT FGs ATTEMPTED 14 Aron Baynes, 3/6 vs. Portland 22 Marcus Smart, 1/18 at Boston
FREE THROWS MADE 15 Devin Booker, 12/30 at Portland 15 LukaDončić,11/29vs.DallasJames Harden, 12/7 at Houston
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 16 Devin Booker, 12/7 at Houston 18 LukaDončić,11/29vs.DallasJames Harden, 12/7 at Houston
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 10 Deandre Ayton, 2/22 at Chicago 7 Andre Drummond, 2/5 at Detroit
DEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 17 DarioŠarić,11/24atDenver 16 Rudy Gobert, 10/28 vs. UtahHassan Whiteside, 12/30 at Portland
TOTAL REBOUNDS 21 Deandre Ayton, 1/16 at New York 22 Hassan Whiteside, 12/30 at PortlandASSISTS 15 Ricky Rubio, 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 14 Cory Joseph, 11/19 at SacramentoSTEALS 7 Ricky Rubio, 2/24 at Utah 7 Ben Simmons, 11/4 vs. Philadelphia
BLOCKS 4
Deandre Ayton, 10/23 vs. Sacramento;2/5 at DetroitKelly Oubre Jr., 12/5 at New Orleans (OT); 12/11 vs. Memphis
9 Brook Lopez, 2/2 at Milwaukee
TURNOVERS 8 Ricky Rubio, 12/16 vs. PortlandDevin Booker, 12/27 at Golden State 8 LeBron James, 2/10 at L.A. Lakers
TOTAL POINTS (NON OT) 140 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 85 11/18 vs. BostonTOTAL POINTS (OT) 139 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 107 10/25 at Denver (OT)PTS, 1st QUARTER 47 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 17 1/1 at L.A. LakersPTS, 2nd QUARTER 36 3x, last 12/30 at Portland 14 11/2 at MemphisPTS, 3rd QUARTER 48 1/28 at Dallas 16 2/29 vs. Golden StatePTS, 4th QUARTER 41 11/19 at Sacramento 16 1/7 vs. Sacramento
PTS, 1st HALF 77 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 39 10/28 vs. UtahPTS, 2nd HALF 75 10/26 vs. LA Clippers 34 2/29 vs. Golden State
PTS, OVERTIME PERIOD 14 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 10 12/14 vs. San Antonio (OT)FIELD GOALS MADE 52 11/10 vs. Brooklyn 30 1/22 vs. Indiana
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 106 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 75 12/27 at Golden State, 2/28 vs. DetroitFIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .600 2/28 vs. Detroit .344 11/23 at Minnesota
3-PT FGs MADE 19 3x, last 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 4 1/14 at Atlanta, 1/22 vs. Indiana3-PT FGs ATTEMPTED 43 10/26 vs. LA Clippers, 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 17 2/3 at Brooklyn3-PT FG PERCENTAGE .600 2/24 at Utah .176 2/21 at TorontoFREE THROWS MADE 31 10/25 at Denver (OT), 11/14 vs. Atlanta 7 12/17 at LA Clippers
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 38 11/14 vs. Atlanta 10 12/17 at LA ClippersFREE THROW PERCENTAGE 1.000 2/8 vs. Denver .611 1/12vs.Charlotte
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 19 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 3 10/28 vs. Utah, 2/10 at L.A. LakersDEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 44 10/25 at Denver (OT), 11/23 at Minnesota 21 12/4 at Orlando
TOTAL REBOUNDS 59 12/14 vs. San Antonio (OT) 29 12/4 at Orlando, 2/10 at L.A. LakersASSISTS 37 11/10 vs. Brooklyn 13 1/22 vs. IndianaSTEALS 16 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 3 4x, last 2/29 vs. Golden StateBLOCKS 9 10/23 vs. Sacramento, 2/7 vs. Houston 0 12/4 at Orlando, 12/23 vs. Denver
TURNOVERS 27 12/27 at Golden State 7 11/10 vs. Brooklyn, 11/23 at MinnesotaPERSONAL FOULS 35 10/25 at Denver (OT) 14 2/28 vs. Detroit
POINTS IN THE PAINT 68 10/23 vs. Sacramento 30 11/23 at MinnesotaSECOND CHANCE POINTS 26 12/9 vs. Minnesota 2 10/28 vs. Utah
FAST BREAK POINTS 27 10/23 vs. Sacramento 3 11/19 at SacramentoPOINTS OFF TURNOVERS 35 10/23 vs. Sacramento 6 2/5 at Detroit
TOTAL POINTS (NON OT) 140 11/27 vs. Washington 91 2/7 vs. HoustonTOTAL POINTS (OT) 132 12/5 at New Orleans (OT) 108 10/25 at Denver (OT)PTS, 1st QUARTER 43 1/1 at L.A. Lakers 14 10/30 at Golden StatePTS, 2nd QUARTER 38 11/27 vs. Washington, 1/20 vs. San Antonio 16 2x, last 1/24 at San AntonioPTS, 3rd QUARTER 44 12/20 at Oklahoma City 17 10/23 vs. SacramentoPTS, 4th QUARTER 43 10/30 at Golden State, 1/18 at Boston 16 1/1 at L.A. Lakers
PTS, 1st HALF 74 11/27 vs. Washington, 1/1 at L.A. Lakers 39 10/25atDenver(OT),12/2atCharlottePTS, 2nd HALF 72 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 36 10/23 vs. Sacramento, 2/7 vs. Houston
PTS, OVERTIME PERIOD 13 10/25 at Denver (OT) 7 12/5 at New Orleans (OT)FIELD GOALS MADE 51 4x, last 3/8 vs. Milwaukee 27 10/28 vs. Utah
FIELD GOALS ATTEMPTED 106 12/14 vs. San Antonio (OT) 68 2/24 at UtahFIELD GOAL PERCENTAGE .586 12/21 vs. Houston .341 2/7 vs. Houston
3-PT FGs MADE 19 11/27 vs. Washington, 12/21 vs. Houston 5 1/24 at San Antonio3-PT FGs ATTEMPTED 48 2/7 vs. Houston 19 1/26 at Memphis3-PT FG PERCENTAGE .560 12/4 at Orlando .200 1/24 at San AntonioFREE THROWS MADE 37 2/24 at Utah 10 11/23 at Minnesota
FREE THROWS ATTEMPTED 43 2/24 at Utah 15 12/23 vs. Denver, 2/26 vs. LA ClippersFREE THROW PERCENTAGE .950 11/27 vs. Washington .524 11/12 vs. L.A. Lakers
OFFENSIVE REBOUNDS 19 11/24 at Denver 3 1/5 vs. MemphisDEFENSIVE REBOUNDS 52 12/14 vs. San Antonio (OT) 21 2/7 vs. Houston, 2/28 vs. Detroit
TOTAL REBOUNDS 62 12/14 vs. San Antonio (OT) 29 2/7 vs. HoustonASSISTS 39 11/12 vs. L.A. Lakers 14 12/9 vs. MinnesotaSTEALS 15 11/14 vs. Atlanta 2 11/23 at MinnesotaBLOCKS 13 2/2 at Milwaukee, 2/21 at Toronto 0 1/28 at Dallas
TURNOVERS 26 3x, last 2/22 at Chicago 8 11/29 vs. DallasPERSONAL FOULS 31 11/14 vs. Atlanta 15 12/17 at LA Clippers, 2/5 at Detroit
POINTS IN THE PAINT 70 11/10 vs. Brooklyn, 11/12 vs. L.A. Lakers 30 1/7 vs. SacramentoSECOND CHANCE POINTS 24 11/24 at Denver 4 1/12vs.Charlotte
FAST BREAK POINTS 30 2/21 at Toronto 4 3x, last 12/23 vs. DenverPOINTS OFF TURNOVERS 29 2/22 at Chicago 4 1/3 vs. New York
29 | Phoenix Suns at Portland Trail Blazers, March 10, 2020
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THE LAST TIME...A Suns player recorded a triple-double: .................................................................. Ricky Rubio, 25 pts/13 ast/13 reb, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeA Suns player had a 20/20 game: .................................................................................... Deandre Ayton, 26 pts/21 reb, 1/16/20 at New YorkA Suns player scored 40+ points: ........................................................................................................... Devin Booker, 40, 1/5/20 vs. MemphisA Suns player scored 50+ points: ............................................................................................................. JamalCrawford,51,4/9/19atDallasA Suns player scored 60+ points: ....................................................................................... Devin Booker, 70, 3/24/17 at Boston (Suns record)A Suns player scored 30+ points off the bench: ..................................................................................... JamalCrawford,51,4/9/19atDallasA Suns player recorded 20+ rebounds: .............................................................................................Deandre Ayton, 21, 1/16/20 at New YorkA Suns player recorded 25+ rebounds: ............................................................TysonChandler,27,1/23/16vs.Atlanta(tiedforSunsrecord)A Suns player recorded 15+ assists: ..................................................................................................Ricky Rubio, 15, 12/5/19 at New OrleansA Suns player recorded 20+ assists: ...................................................................................................... Steve Nash, 20, 3/22/11 at L.A. LakersA Suns player recorded 25+ assists: ......................................................................... Kevin Johnson, 25, 4/6/94 vs. San Antonio (Suns record)A Suns player recorded 10+ steals: ......................................................................... Kevin Johnson, 10, 12/9/93 vs. Washington (Suns record)A Suns player recorded 10+ blocks: .................................................................Amar’eStoudemire,10,2/7/04vs.Utah(tiedforSunsrecord)A Suns player made 20+ field goals: ........................................................................................................ Devin Booker, 21, 3/24/17 at BostonA Suns player made 10+ field goals without a miss: ...................................... Xavier McDaniel, 12-12, 1/15/91 vs. Washington (Suns record)A Suns player made 8+ three-pointers: .................................................................. Aron Baynes, 9, 3/6/20 vs. Portland (tied for Suns record)A Suns player made 9+ three-pointers: .................................................................. Aron Baynes, 9, 3/6/20 vs. Portland (tied for Suns record)A Suns player made 5+ three-pointers without a miss: .............................................................Isaiah Canaan, 5-5, 11/14/18 vs. San AntonioA Suns player made 20+ free throws: ............................................................................... Devin Booker, 24, 3/24/17 at Boston (Suns record)A Suns player made 10+ free throws without a miss: ............................................................... Devin Booker, 10-10, 1/24/20 at San AntonioA Suns player made 15+ free throws without a miss: ...................................................................Devin Booker, 15-15, 12/30/19 at PortlandA Suns player scored 20+ points in a quarter: ........................................................................... Devin Booker, 20 (1Q), 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeA Suns player scored 25+ points in a quarter: ................................................................................ JamalCrawford,26(4Q),4/9/19atDallasA Suns player scored 30+ points in a half:........................................................................................JamalCrawford,39(2H),4/9/19atDallasA Suns player scored 40+ points in a half:................................................................. Devin Booker, 51 (2H), 3/24/17 at Boston (Suns record)A Suns player scored 10+ points in an overtime period: ....................................................................Steve Nash, 11, 1/12/11 vs. New JerseyA Suns player made 10+ field goals in a quarter: ................................................Deandre Ayton, 12 (2Q), 12/29/18 vs. Denver (Suns record)A Suns player made 5+ three-pointers in a quarter: ......................................................................Aron Baynes, 5-5 (1Q), 3/6/20 vs. PortlandA Suns player made a game-winning buzzer-beater (:00.0 on 4Q/OT clock):.........................DevinBooker,19’fadeaway,3/11/17atDallasA Suns player made a game-winner in final :05.0 of 4Q/OT: ................... JamalCrawford,17’pullupat:00.8(4Q),11/23/18atMilwaukeeA Suns player converted a four-point play: .................................................................................... Kelly Oubre Jr., 1/31/20 vs. Oklahoma City
Two Suns players scored 30+ points:..................................................................... Kelly Oubre Jr. (39), Devin Booker (33); 2/7/20 vs. HoustonTwo Suns players recorded 10+ assists: ....................................................................Devin Booker (12), Ricky Rubio (10); 3/6/20 vs. PortlandThree Suns players scored 30+ points: ............................ Tom Chambers (34), Eddie Johnson (30), Kevin Johnson (39); 3/17/89 vs. PortlandThree Suns players recorded a double-double: .................................................Aron Baynes, Devin Booker, Ricky Rubio; 3/6/20 vs. PortlandFour Suns players scored 20+ points: ........Devin Booker (36), Ricky Rubio (25), Aron Baynes (24), Mikal Bridges (21); 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeFour Suns players recorded a double-double: ............... Dragan Bender, Devin Booker, Richaun Holmes, Josh Jackson; 4/1/19 vs. Cleveland
The Suns played an overtime game: ...............................................................................................L, 119-121 (OT), 12/14/19 vs. San AntonioThe Suns played a multiple overtime game: .................................................................................. L, 146-149 (3OT), 12/22/18 at WashingtonThe Suns scored 140+ points: ......................................................................................................................W, 140-131, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns scored 140+ points (game ended in regulation): .........................................................................W, 140-131, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns scored 150+ points: .................................................................................................................... W, 152-114, 3/16/10 vs. MinnesotaThe Suns allowed fewer than 80 points: ....................................................................................................W, 74-72, 3/19/15 vs. New OrleansThe Suns recorded 60+ rebounds: .............................................................................................. 60, L, 107-113 (OT), 11/22/17 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns recorded 35+ assists: ...................................................................................................................36, L, 114-128, 12/4/19 at OrlandoThe Suns recorded 40+ assists: .................................................................................................... 40, W, 135-127 (OT), 4/11/11 vs. MinnesotaThe Suns recorded 15+ steals: ................................................................................................... 16, W, 139-132 (OT), 12/5/19 at New OrleansThe Suns recorded 15+ blocks: ..............................................................................................19, W, 125-92, 1/29/08 vs. Atlanta (Suns record)The Suns shot at least 60% from the field:............................................................................................60.0%, L, 111-113, 2/28/20 vs. DetroitThe Suns made 15+ three-pointers: ......................................................................................................19, W, 140-131, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns made 20+ three-pointers: ............................................................................. 22, W, 121-116, 11/14/10 at L.A. Lakers (Suns record)The Suns attempted 40+ three-pointers: ..............................................................................................43, W, 140-131, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns shot 100% from the free throw line: ....................................................................................... 23-23, L, 108-117, 2/8/20 vs. DenverThe Suns made 30+ free throws: ....................................................................................................... 31-38, W, 128-112, 11/14/19 vs. AtlantaThe Suns scored 40+ fast break points: .................................................................................................53, L, 127-131, 3/7/17 vs. WashingtonThe Suns scored 40+ points in a quarter: ......................................................................................47 (1Q), W, 140-131, 3/8/20 vs. MilwaukeeThe Suns scored 50+ points in a quarter: ........... 57 (2Q), W, 173-143, 11/10/90 vs. Denver (NBA 2nd-quarter record; also scored 50 in 1Q)The Suns scored 80+ points in a half: ..................................................................................................... 80 (2H), W, 124-97, 4/10/18 at DallasThe Suns came back from a deficit of 15+ points to win: ............................................................................................17, 2/22/20 at ChicagoThe Suns came back from a deficit of 18+ points to win: .........................................................................................19, 12/30/19 at PortlandThe Suns came back from a deficit of 20+ points to win: ...................................................................................... 21, 1/8/19 vs. SacramentoThe Suns came back from a deficit of 22+ points to win: ..................................................................................... 22, 11/1/17 at WashingtonThe Suns came back from a deficit of 23+ points to win: ........................................................................................26, 11/9/12 vs. ClevelandThe Suns came back from a deficit of 27+ points to win: ....................................................................... 29, 12/5/03 at Boston (Suns record)