The sun goes on defense to join the jazz

Phoenix Suns Weat Devin Booker says it all the time.We defense sets up your offense, and then your offense sets up your defense.

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31 31, 2025, 5:48 Updated: 11:03 PM.

PHOENIX - Devin Booker always says.Your defense will fix it, and your offense will fix it.

This is the full scope of the modern basketball player and its new speed, which often got opportunities with the established defense, but when they won at the age of 118-96 in the Jazz Gods, it seemed.

“I think it's easier to get into a rhythm like that,” Booker said.

"If we can fight that type of offense, we can use our defense to fuel our offense," added head coach Jordan Ott.

Best of all, this was a direct response to the brutal loss at Utah four days ago, when the day saw 28 Rebound corrections for another 35 point chance.This time the second chance points went to 16-9 and the Jazz were held to 16 points.

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Phoenix came to its best defensive performance on Wednesday, significantly bogged down in its own turnovers, which directly caused the loss.While there were minor mistakes and brain farts galore during five games, the Suns were able to pile up plenty of clean defensive sequences, especially in the last few days.The potential was there if the hiccups passed, and so he would start the game on Friday.

The Suns forced nine Jazz turnovers in the first 12 minutes and scored 16 of those, making just one. Misses and giveaways fueled the offense even though Phoenix made its first three attempts. Booker made the most of it, putting up what could have easily been double-digit assists if the shots were falling, and also had 12 of his 36 points, snapping the final streak to open the contest.

That allowed them to lead by 20 through one quarter, after not even leading by double digits entering the night.So the question is, how does this group handle things when they are in control?

The first signs of a slide for the Suns came with six minutes left in the first half down 22. In the final 5:54, he scored four points, but Utah couldn't score many points of its own, causing more concern.Ott wisely took his time in the middle, knowing which way he was going despite the large gap.

The loose noise continued throughout the half, and Phoenix expected the Jazenix we've been waiting to see all year instead of losing the previous loss.The Jazz's 4-4 combination tied the day for 14th at halftime.

Eleven points in less than three minutes in the third quarter showed that the sun found their balance, only to continue to stabilize their people in the dance, in the 13th point at 6:36 to the third quarter.Seven straight points from Booker a few minutes later led to a chance to return to 20.

Utah scored 67 points in the first three quarters, made eight of its first nine possessions, and got back within 12 with 6:32 left.However, Phoenix definitely put the points on the scoreboard, so they only managed a 17-13 Jazz spurt.There was no last gasp after that.

Booker's night was a perfect reminder of what it looks like when he plays elite basketball.The cadence, feel and fluidity held all night long after a week of sitting before the season started.In 39 minutes, he scored 36 points, five rebounds, nine assists and one turnover, making 13 of 23 shots.He could have easily had closer to 20 assists than 10, and he also did much better defensively in the next two games.

"He moved a lot and felt like the team was coming into the game with a lot of effort, trying to get the ball out of his hands and he was going to get through you and get to him," Allen said.

Hand here, in this space X Allen in this space six games here, he's very good about speed and under the coaching staff that these offenses have.Again, some of the turnovers were frustrating.But someone has to put pressure on the rim and he continues to show what the small gears of the day have achieved.

He ended up with 14 points, seven rebounds, six assists, three steals and a block.Suddenly, Phoenix Cephn Court was in a pretty good position with Jalen Green back healthy, given the play of Allen and Collin Gillespie.

Ryan Dunn needed seven 3-pointers to make his one and only shot.Playing 31 minutes, he recorded 13 points, 11 rebounds, two assists and two steals. Crucial to the Suns' long-term success is that he earns enough trust from this year's coaching staff to get the right amount of playing time.And now it's 59 minutes into the final two games, after a combined 87 in the first four games.

It wasn't a 51-burger like Monday, but Lauri Markkanen proved to be tough cover for Phoenix, scoring 33 points (10 of 20) in 35 minutes.

Phoenix took 48 3s, made 17 (35.4%), and ott deserves a lot of credit for the distance that led the league.There are a few nuts who have tried to resist the old school, but that is also the wine that runs the cycle of crime.

Green (right hamstring strain) and Dylan Brooks (core strain) were out again, and each brought with them positional changes that left them less confident they could return on Sunday.

Green listed the question before the failure, the change of features, which usually instructs the player not only to progress, but also to play.Instead, he was clearer on Friday.Even if there is no "return", it is clear in a certain position that you will be justified in clarifying the debate over time.

As for Brooks, his "right groin pain" was now more precisely that core muscle strain.He, like Green, calls it every day.But the core muscle strain is certainly more than a week-to-week injury, so we'll have to see if that holds true through the ongoing cycle of vague injury updates without timelines.However, Ott stood by his initial assessment that Brooks' injury is not serious.

Isaiah Livers was initially in the rotation, but exited in the second half with a contusion in his right hamstring, the same hamstring he had surgery on that kept him out all of last year.Nigel Hayes-Davis had a DNP in the first half, where he was replaced by Jordan Goodwin.Hayes-Davies then replaced Livers in the second half.That's now all the standard signings on the team getting a shot in the rotation, except for rookies Khaman Maluachi and Rasheer Fleming.

It was the beginning of an NBA Cup group game for Phoenix, which will land in Group A with Utah, the Oklahoma City Thunder, the Minnesota Timberwolves and the Sacramento Kings.

The bracket already looked weak early in the season, and that was before Minnesota got off to a slow start with Anthony Edwards.As usual, each team plays against each other.There is a bracket winner and then a wild card team that advances to bracket play.In its short two-year history, a 3-1 record has been the bare minimum and even that has proven insufficient to advance.