The Suns beat a Warriors team missing seven players and playing a second night in a row, and they moved up to 10th at 1-1. Devin Booker ran the offense, and the bench produced the best plus-minus marks.
Booker steers it. Devin Booker went 14-of-20 from the field with seven assists, six free throws and four turnovers in 30 minutes. He finished plus-5, which says the bench did more of the separating. Miles Bridges added 16 on 6-of-11 shooting, and Dillon Brooks scored 13.
The fourth-quarter cushion. Phoenix led 102-92 after three quarters and had been up as many as 15. Golden State burned timeouts in the fourth while trailing 110-98 and then 117-102. Bridges scored six in the final period, Brooks three and Jordan Goodwin two.
Who closed. Collin Gillespie, Booker, Brooks, Khaman Maluach and Luke Kennard were on the floor at the end. Kennard, cleared from the injury list Saturday, posted the best plus-minus on the team: plus-16 in only 15 minutes.
Report card. Booker gets an A for the efficiency. Gillespie earns an A-: 11 points, eight assists, one turnover, plus-12. Goodwin gets a B+ for three steals and plus-14 in 19 minutes. Jalen Green gets a C: 4-of-9, three turnovers and a team-worst minus-9 in 20 minutes.
A thin opponent. Golden State sat Stephen Curry for rest and listed Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski, Al Horford, Moses Moody and Kristaps Porzingis out. Yaxel Lendeborg had 20 points and nine rebounds, and De'Anthony Melton added 20. The Warriors are 0-3, so read the win with that in mind.
What it changes. At 1-1, Phoenix sits 10th, one game behind sixth-place Minnesota at 2-0, with 80 games left. The Suns had two days of rest and the Warriors had none. That edge will not exist at Oklahoma City, so this was the night to bank the win.
What was the score of the Suns-Warriors game?
Phoenix beat Golden State 131-122 on Oct. 24. The win moved the Suns to 1-1.
Where do the Suns stand after beating the Warriors?
They are 10th at 1-1, one game behind sixth-place Minnesota. The Warriors fell to 0-3.
