Watched The Rip, a quintessential direct-to-streaming movie carried by a Matt-fleck reunion:

Final: PHX 126, CLE 113 Brooks: 27 Pts, 9-14 FG, 7-8 FT Goodwin: 17 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Stl, 5-8 3P Gillespie: 16 Pts, 5 Ast, 4-6 3P Hunter: 17 Pts, 3 Stl, 7-15 FG Suns shoot 23-for-47 from 3 and beat two of the best teams in the East back-to-back without Devin Booker

Mat Ishbia in his suite watching his squad run up the score on Dan Gilbert’s team in the 4th quarter

Jordan Goodwin has been unreal defensively. His offensive contributions were the unexpected pleasant surprise, but what he's doing on the other end has been on another level too

I knew Dillon Brooks would be officiated differently, but I didn't realize it would be to this extent

End of 3Q: PHX 97, CLE 79 Brooks: 27 Pts, 9-14 FG, 7-8 FT G. Allen: 13-5-5, 4-8 FG O'Neale: 12 Pts, 5 Reb, 4-8 3P Mitchell: 16 Pts, 6 Ast, 6-11 FG Suns had 45 points in the 3Q

Glad Jalen Green's all right after that nasty fall. Big 3 to put the Suns up 17

Halftime: PHX 52, CLE 47 Brooks: 10 Pts, 3-6 FG Goodwin: 8 Pts, 5 Reb, 2-5 3P G. Allen: 8 Pts, 3-6 FG, 2-4 3P J. Allen: 12 Pts, 6 Reb, 6-8 FG

What an incredible luxury the Suns have been able to say "Yeah we miss Devin Booker/Jalen Green tonight but at least we know Jamaree Bouyea can come in on his two-way contract and give us great minutes"

End of 1Q: PHX 26, CLE 25 G. Allen: 8 Pts, 3-5 FG, 2-3 3P Brooks: 8 Pts, 2-4 FG Gillespie: 4 Pts, 2 Ast J. Allen: 8 Pts, 3 Reb, 3 Ast, 4-6 FG

Hate the cold, but I hate 🧊 more

Fantastic sign, Minnesota

This is such a fun Suns team to watch, I can only imagine what it would've been like covering them in person. Nights like these are when I miss being there the most

Collin Gillespie interrupts Amanda Pflugrad’s postgame interview with Dillon Brooks to say: "Tell everybody this team's got 2 All-Stars. This man's an All-Star!"

Final: PHX 114, DET 96 Brooks: 40 Pts, 8 Reb, 13-22 FG, 4-7 3P, 10-12 FT Allen: 24 Pts, 5 Ast, 4-12 3P, 10-10 FT Gillespie: 16 Pts, 5 Reb, 5-11 3P Cunningham: 26 Pts, 7 Ast, 8-22 FG The most "This is Suns basketball" win of the season, with no Devin Booker or Jalen Green

There’s a new Dillon Brooks performance that’s supposed to be nuts

Dillon Brooks making Charles Barkley look like a genius with the first 40-ball of his career. Suns up 16 with 5:43 to go

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Tough Mark Williams performance coming off one of his best of the season. He's a -10 in a game where the Suns lead by 9, and he's been thoroughly outplayed by Jalen Duren

End of 3Q: PHX 93, DET 81 Brooks: 38 Pts, 7 Reb, 3 Stl, 12-18 FG, 4-6 3P, 10-12 FT Allen: 19 Pts, 4 Ast, 4-10 3P Gillespie: 10 Pts, 3-7 3P Cunningham: 24 Pts, 7 Ast, 8-16 FG

Halftime: PHX 72, DET 56 Brooks: 24 Pts, 8-11 FG Allen: 16 Pts, 4-8 FG, 3-6 3P Gillespie: 10 Pts, 3-6 3P Duren: 17 Pts, 7 Reb, 8-9 FG Suns just put up 72 first-half points on the 1-seed in the East without Devin Booker or Jalen Green

Damn I missed Shrinking. Season 3 is off to a perfect start

As expected, the league rescinded Dillon Brooks’ technical foul from last night’s game against the Nets. Dude is about to set the NBA record for reputation techs that get rescinded

Final: PHX 106, BKN 102 Williams: 27 Pts, 5 Reb, 13-15 FG Brooks: 26 Pts, 9-15 FG Allen: 18 Pts, 6 Ast, 7-11 FG Porter: 36 Pts, 15-24 FG, 6-10 3P Suns close game on 10-2 run

Grayson Allen's scoop layup game is always underrated, but it's been unreal tonight. Tough layup off the spin puts Phoenix up 4 with 11.8 seconds left

Technical fouls for Egor Demin, Terance Mann and Michael Porter Jr., Royce O'Neale and Grayson Allen. Suns will get FTs and then it's a jump ball. Didn't see what Allen did other than just talking shit lol

Dillon Brooks wouldn't let go of the jump ball. Egor Demin shoves him from the side to make him let go and Brooks trips over Williams. Royce O'Neale comes in to confront the rookie, and Terance Mann goes directly after Royce as a result

Oh damn. Bg kerfuffle breaks out in Suns-Nets as Dillon Brooks is shoved to the ground after a jump ball and Royce O'Neale and Terance Mann get in each other's faces

Much-needed and-1 from Mark Williams to break up what was a 16-2 Nets run

Yikes. Grayson Allen was heated about not getting a foul called on his layup, commits the hard frustration foul that lays Terance Mann out on a miracle and-1. Grayson was definitely fouled, but gotta avoid ones like that. Flagrant 1 for Allen

Ryan Dunn knocks down the 3 to give him 9 points for the game, along with 4 steals. This is more of what we've been hoping to see from him in Year 2

End of 3Q: PHX 82, BKN 75 Brooks: 22 Pts, 8-14 FG Williams: 20 Pts, 10-12 FG Allen: 14 Pts, 4 Ast, 5-8 FG Porter: 30 Pts, 13-19 FG, 4-7 3P

Mark Williams through 2 and a half quarters tonight: 20 points, 10-12 FG Mark Williams last 3 games combined: 21 points, 9-17 FG

Halftime: PHX 60, BKN 51 Brooks: 18 Pts, 6-8 FG, 2-3 3P Williams: 14 Pts, 7-9 FG Bouyea: 8 Pts, 4-6 FG Porter: 19 Pts, 9-13 FG

In a year or so that last Rasheer Fleming drive will be a poster dunk

Necessary, but still nice to see guys like Jamaree Bouyea, Rasheer Fleming and Nigel Hayes-Davis getting minutes tonight. Good opportunity for them to show something with the Suns so shorthanded

End of 1Q: BKN 29, PHX 28 Williams: 10 Pts, 5-7 FG Brooks: 7 Pts, 2 Ast, 3-4 FG Dunn: 4 Pts, 2-3 FG Porter: 12 Pts, 6-7 FG

Officials need a shot clock for these reviews. There is zero reason for a game to be delayed like this 5 minutes in

☀️ Where the Suns have struggled without Devin Booker and Jalen Green ☀️ A look at the upcoming schedule ☀️ A few reasons for hope...and a few concerns Here's a look at the Suns' biggest test yet over the next few weeks:

The Suns are in the midst of their biggest test yet, as the schedule ramps up with Devin Booker and potentially Jalen Green sidelined. For @sunsafterdark.bsky.social, here's a look at what to expect from this critical stretch:

Final: ATL 110, PHX 103 Booker: 31 Pts, 4 Reb, 12-21 FG, 5-9 3P Gillespie: 16-6-4, 6-12 FG Allen: 16 Pts, 4 Stl, 7-12 FG Johnson: 23 Pts, 18 Reb, 9 Ast, 10-18 FG Frustrating loss to close the road trip, with Devin Booker and Jalen Green going down in a winnable game

Collin Maximus Gillespie (That's not actually his middle name but it feels right)

End of 3Q: PHX 91, ATL 84 Booker: 31 Pts, 4 Reb, 12-21 FG, 5-9 3P Allen: 15 Pts, 4 Stl, 7-8 FG Brooks: 11 Pts, 4 Reb, 4-13 FG Johnson: 11 Pts, 13 Reb, 9 Ast, 5-10 FG McCollum: 18 Pts, 8-13 FG Suns close 3Q on 29-11 run

Aaaaaand now Devin Booker tweaked his ankle. Heading back to the locker room. LEAVE 'EM ALONE, ATLANTA

Props to the Suns for responding to that gut punch injury here in the second half. They're on a 20-6 run to take the lead after trailing by 11 about 6 minutes ago

Jalen Green in 1st game back in November: 23 mins Jalen Green in 2nd game back in November: 7 mins, left with hamstring injury Jalen Green in 1st game back in January: 20 mins Jalen Green in 2nd game back in January: 4 mins, left with hamstring injury ☹️

Was really hoping it wasn't the hammy again, but we'll have to wait and see the extent of this re-aggravation. Not going to panic until then, but hammies are not to be trifled with. Definitely deflating

Halftime: ATL 64, PHX 59 Booker: 15 Pts, 5-11 FG, 3-6 3P Brooks: 11 Pts, 4-8 FG Allen: 11 Pts, 5-5 FG Johnson: 9 Pts, 8 Reb, 6 Ast, 4-7 FG McCollum: 16 Pts, 7-10 FG

This was the play where it looked like Jalen Green came up a little hobbled:

End of 1Q: PHX 31, ATL 27 Booker: 5 Pts, 2 Reb, 2-5 FG Allen: 7 Pts, 3-3 FG Brooks: 4 Pts, 2 Reb, 2-4 FG Green: 4 Pts, 1-3 FG Johnson: 5 Pts, 6 Reb, 4 Ast, 2-3 FG