Suns
Phoenix
Western Conference
Pacific
3
2
5
1438
2218
23
14
61
83
45
54
22
14
64
32
9
41
4
27
14
18
11
118
4
54
32
59
2315
126
5
28
17
61
119
22
141
20
83
33
37
2821
6060
86
45
52
2223
1215
55
75
42
56
66
23
89
11
610
44
44
3237
6060
5
3
60
23
12
52
2
1
50
11
2
13
2
8
3
3
28
60
4
2
50
15
6
40
8
7
88
9
2
11
0
3
3
7
21
60
8
4
50
22
12
55
7
4
57
6
2
8
1
6
4
4
32
60
6
5
83
23
15
65
5
2
40
6
3
9
1
10
4
4
37
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Eric
Bledsoe
Eric Bledsoe
True
32
8
18
44
2
4
50
1
3
33
0
6
6
8
4
1
4
0
19
25
none
Brandon
Knight
Brandon Knight
True
32
7
16
44
3
6
50
0
0
0
1
1
2
7
1
1
3
1
17
5
none
Tyson
Chandler
Tyson Chandler
True
25
1
3
33
0
0
0
5
6
83
3
8
11
0
1
0
0
0
7
9
none
Markieff
Morris
Markieff Morris
True
24
4
8
50
0
1
0
3
3
100
0
3
3
3
0
1
0
0
11
12
none
P.J.
Tucker
P.J. Tucker
True
20
3
4
75
3
4
75
1
3
33
0
0
0
2
1
0
2
2
10
8
none
T.J.
Warren
T.J. Warren
False
26
6
9
67
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
4
4
2
1
0
1
1
13
15
none
Alex
Len
Alex Len
False
22
7
12
58
0
0
0
2
3
67
4
3
7
1
1
0
4
2
16
12
none
Ronnie
Price
Ronnie Price
False
17
2
4
50
2
3
67
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3
0
1
1
6
10
none
Jon
Leuer
Jon Leuer
False
14
2
3
67
1
1
100
0
2
0
0
3
3
0
0
0
0
3
5
9
none
Sonny
Weems
Sonny Weems
False
6
1
1
100
0
0
0
2
2
100
1
2
3
1
0
0
1
1
4
5
none
Mirza
Teletović
Mirza Teletović
False
6
1
1
100
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
2
2
2
1
0
0
0
3
-3
none
Devin
Booker
Devin Booker
False
6
2
3
67
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
5
-3
none
Archie
Goodwin
Archie Goodwin
False
3
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
2
1
none
6
November
2015
Friday
Talking Stick Resort Arena
Phoenix
Pistons
Detroit
True
Kings
Sacramento
Western Conference
Pacific
1
4
5
1684
1685
24
11
46
84
40
48
12
6
50
26
7
33
4
25
9
17
22
97
4
35
00
0
2122
89
4
57
24
42
76
24
100
22
35
13
33
1822
6060
79
56
71
2021
1211
60
00
00
0
76
01
77
00
98
41
65
2928
6060
3
0
0
21
8
38
5
2
40
7
2
9
2
3
1
3
18
60
5
0
0
22
9
41
7
4
57
6
4
10
2
5
3
3
22
60
7
5
71
20
12
60
0
0
0
7
0
7
0
9
4
6
29
60
9
6
67
21
11
52
0
0
0
6
1
7
0
8
1
5
28
60
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Darren
Collison
Darren Collison
True
32
6
10
60
0
0
0
1
2
50
0
1
1
6
0
0
4
2
13
-10
none
Rudy
Gay
Rudy Gay
True
30
4
13
31
0
1
0
1
2
50
2
6
8
3
2
1
1
5
9
-7
none
Rajon
Rondo
Rajon Rondo
True
29
4
10
40
1
2
50
0
2
0
0
3
3
6
1
0
2
2
9
-18
none
James
Anderson
James Anderson
True
24
5
15
33
4
10
40
1
1
100
0
0
0
2
2
0
3
1
15
-13
none
Willie
Cauley-Stein
Willie Cauley-Stein
True
16
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
4
0
0
1
0
1
0
-5
none
Kosta
Koufos
Kosta Koufos
False
28
8
11
73
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
3
7
0
1
2
1
5
16
-15
none
Marco
Belinelli
Marco Belinelli
False
26
6
11
55
2
5
40
1
1
100
0
2
2
3
1
0
1
2
15
-8
none
Omri
Casspi
Omri Casspi
False
20
2
5
40
2
2
100
2
4
50
0
4
4
1
1
0
2
0
8
-21
none
Ben
McLemore
Ben McLemore
False
14
4
6
67
1
1
100
0
0
0
0
2
2
1
0
0
3
4
9
-2
none
Caron
Butler
Caron Butler
False
5
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
-1
none
Seth
Curry
Seth Curry
False
5
1
2
50
1
2
50
0
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
3
-3
none
Quincy
Acy
Quincy Acy
False
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
-1
none
Eric
Moreland
Eric Moreland
False
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
-1
none
6
November
2015
Friday
Sleep Train Arena
Sacramento
Rockets
Houston
True
The Phoenix Suns ( 3 - 2 ) defeated the Sacramento Kings ( 1 - 4 ) Wednesday by a score of 118 - 97 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix . The Suns maintained control of the game from the opening tip , outscoring the Kings 28 - 18 in the first quarter and never looking back . The effort was led by Eric Bledsoe , who stuffed the stat sheet on his way to a game - high 19 points ( 8 - 19 FG , 2 - 4 3Pt ) , eight assists , six rebounds , and four steals in 33 minutes . His running mate in the backcourt Brandon Knight was n't too far behind , accumulating 17 points and seven assists in 33 minutes of his own . As a team , the Suns maintained a scorching - hot shooting effort throughout the night , hitting on 54 percent of their attempts from the field and an incredible 61 percent from behind the arc . Sacramento was unable to be as effective on offense , as their starters combined to score just 46 out of the team 's 97 points . Their bench was forced picked up the slack , led by backup center Kosta Koufos , who saw added minutes with DeMarcus Cousins ( Achilles ) sidelined . Koufos scored 16 points on 8 - of - 11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench . Marco Belinelli and James Anderson added 15 points of their own , while Darren Collison racked up 13 points and six assists in 32 minutes . Up next , the Suns will stay at home Friday to take on the Pistons , while the Kings will head home Friday and go up against the Rockets .
The Phoenix Suns (3 - 2) defeated the Sacramento Kings (1 - 4) Wednesday by a score of 118 - 97 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The Suns maintained control of the game from the opening tip, outscoring the Kings 28 - 18 in the first quarter and never looking back. The effort was led by Eric Bledsoe, who stuffed the stat sheet on his way to a game - high 19 points (8 - 19 FG, 2 - 4 3Pt), eight assists, six rebounds, and four steals in 33 minutes. His running mate in the backcourt Brandon Knight wasn't too far behind, accumulating 17 points and seven assists in 33 minutes of his own. As a team, the Suns maintained a scorching - hot shooting effort throughout the night, hitting on 54 percent of their attempts from the field and an incredible 61 percent from behind the arc. Sacramento was unable to be as effective on offense, as their starters combined to score just 46 out of the team's 97 points. Their bench was forced picked up the slack, led by backup center Kosta Koufos, who saw added minutes with DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles) sidelined. Koufos scored 16 points on 8 - of - 11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench. Marco Belinelli and James Anderson added 15 points of their own, while Darren Collison racked up 13 points and six assists in 32 minutes. Up next, the Suns will stay at home Friday to take on the Pistons, while the Kings will head home Friday and go up against the Rockets.
The Phoenix Suns (3 - 2) defeated the Sacramento Kings (1 - 4) Wednesday by a score of 118 - 97 at the Talking Stick Resort Arena in Phoenix. The Suns maintained control of the game from the opening tip, outscoring the Kings 28 - 18 in the first quarter and never looking back. The effort was led by Eric Bledsoe, who stuffed the stat sheet on his way to a game - high 19 points (8 - 19 FG, 2 - 4 3Pt), eight assists, six rebounds, and four steals in 33 minutes. His running mate in the backcourt Brandon Knight wasn't too far behind, accumulating 17 points and seven assists in 33 minutes of his own. As a team, the Suns maintained a scorching - hot shooting effort throughout the night, hitting on 54 percent of their attempts from the field and an incredible 61 percent from behind the arc. Sacramento was unable to be as effective on offense, as their starters combined to score just 46 out of the team's 97 points. Their bench was forced picked up the slack, led by backup center Kosta Koufos, who saw added minutes with DeMarcus Cousins (Achilles) sidelined. Koufos scored 16 points on 8 - of - 11 shooting and grabbed seven rebounds in 28 minutes off the bench. Marco Belinelli and James Anderson added 15 points of their own, while Darren Collison racked up 13 points and six assists in 32 minutes. Up next, the Suns will stay at home Friday to take on the Pistons, while the Kings will head home Friday and go up against the Rockets.
<GAME> <DATE> 4 November 2015 <DAY> Wednesday <STADIUM> Talking Stick Resort Arena <CITY> Phoenix <HOME> <TEAM> Suns <CITY> Phoenix <TEAM-RESULT> lost <TEAM-PTS> 118 <WINS-LOSSES> 3 2 <QTRS> 28 21 32 37 <TEAM-AST> 27 <3PT> 14 <TEAM-FG> 45 <TEAM-FT> 14 <TEAM-REB> 41 <TEAM-TO> 18 <NEXT-HOME> <NEXT-DATE> 6 November 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Talking Stick Resort Arena <NEXT-CITY> Phoenix <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Detroit <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Pistons <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <VIS> <TEAM> Kings <CITY> Sacramento <TEAM-RESULT> won <TEAM-PTS> 97 <WINS-LOSSES> 1 4 <QTRS> 18 22 29 28 <TEAM-AST> 25 <3PT> 11 <TEAM-FG> 40 <TEAM-FT> 6 <TEAM-REB> 33 <TEAM-TO> 17 <VIS-NEXT> <NEXT-DATE> 6 November 2015 <NEXT-DAY> Friday <NEXT-STADIUM> Sleep Train Arena <NEXT-CITY> Sacramento <NEXT-OPPONENT-PLACE> Houston <NEXT-OPPONENT-NAME> Rockets <NEXT-IS-HOME> yes <PLAYER> Eric Bledsoe <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-0 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 19 <FG> 8 18 44 <FG3> 2 4 50 <FT> 1 3 33 <REB> 6 <AST> 8 <STL> 4 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Brandon Knight <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-1 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 17 <FG> 7 16 44 <FG3> 3 6 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 7 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 1 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Alex Len <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-2 <MIN> 22 <PTS> 16 <FG> 7 12 58 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 3 67 <REB> 7 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> T. J. Warren <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-3 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 9 67 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Markieff Morris <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-4 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 11 <FG> 4 8 50 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 3 3 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 3 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> P. J. Tucker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-5 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 10 <FG> 3 4 75 <FG3> 3 4 75 <FT> 1 3 33 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Tyson Chandler <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> HOME-6 <MIN> 25 <PTS> 7 <FG> 1 3 33 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 5 6 83 <REB> 11 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 8 <OREB> 3 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ronnie Price <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-7 <MIN> 17 <PTS> 6 <FG> 2 4 50 <FG3> 2 3 67 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 1 <STL> 3 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Devin Booker <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-8 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Jon Leuer <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-9 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 5 <FG> 2 3 67 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Sonny Weems <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-10 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 4 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 2 2 100 <REB> 3 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 1 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Mirza Teletović <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-11 <MIN> 6 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 2 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Archie Goodwin <TEAM> Phoenix Suns <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> HOME-12 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 2 <FG> 1 1 100 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Kosta Koufos <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-0 <MIN> 28 <PTS> 16 <FG> 8 11 73 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 7 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 2 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 4 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Marco Belinelli <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-1 <MIN> 26 <PTS> 15 <FG> 6 11 55 <FG3> 2 5 40 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 2 <AST> 3 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> James Anderson <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-2 <MIN> 24 <PTS> 15 <FG> 5 15 33 <FG3> 4 10 40 <FT> 1 1 100 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 2 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Darren Collison <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-3 <MIN> 32 <PTS> 13 <FG> 6 10 60 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 1 <AST> 6 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 4 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Ben McLemore <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-4 <MIN> 14 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 6 67 <FG3> 1 1 100 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 2 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 2 <OREB> 0 <TO> 3 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Rajon Rondo <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-5 <MIN> 29 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 10 40 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 2 0 <REB> 3 <AST> 6 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 3 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Rudy Gay <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-6 <MIN> 30 <PTS> 9 <FG> 4 13 31 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 1 2 50 <REB> 8 <AST> 3 <STL> 2 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 6 <OREB> 2 <TO> 1 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Omri Casspi <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-7 <MIN> 20 <PTS> 8 <FG> 2 5 40 <FG3> 2 2 100 <FT> 2 4 50 <REB> 4 <AST> 1 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 2 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Seth Curry <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-8 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 3 <FG> 1 2 50 <FG3> 1 2 50 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 2 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Eric Moreland <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-9 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 1 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Quincy Acy <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-10 <MIN> 3 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 1 <AST> 1 <STL> 0 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 1 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Caron Butler <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER NO <RANK> VIS-11 <MIN> 5 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 1 0 <FG3> 0 1 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 0 <AST> 0 <STL> 1 <BLK> 0 <DREB> 0 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none <PLAYER> Willie Cauley-Stein <TEAM> Sacramento Kings <POS> STARTER YES <RANK> VIS-12 <MIN> 16 <PTS> 0 <FG> 0 0 0 <FG3> 0 0 0 <FT> 0 0 0 <REB> 4 <AST> 0 <STL> 0 <BLK> 1 <DREB> 4 <OREB> 0 <TO> 0 <DOUBLE> none