In preparation for their matchup with the Spurs, the Phoenix Suns will be looking to make it six wins in a row when they take on the suddenly dangerous San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night.
As the regular season enters its final stretch and Phoenix’s roster is nearly complete, the team (43-35) is putting together a cohesive unit. The Suns utilized their extensive muscle on Sunday in a 128-118 win out and about in Oklahoma City, with Kevin Durant scoring 35 focuses, 13 of those in the final quarter, in Phoenix’s fifth sequential triumph, its longest series of wins since November.
The Suns’ Devin Booker had 22 points and 10 assists, while Chris Paul had 16 points and 8 assists, while Deandre Ayton had 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Phoenix shot 56.8 percent from the floor in Sunday’s dominate to game its season high. The Suns are three games ahead of the Lakers and New Orleans in the race to secure the conference’s guaranteed playoff spots without having to participate in the play-in tournament, keeping them in fourth place in the West.
The Suns are 6-0 with Durant in the arrangement. Phoenix is developing into the team that Durant brought to the Valley of the Sun was expected to be.
Phoenix has defeated San Antonio eight times in a row, dating back to May 2021, and has won the Spurs’ first two games this season.
After snapping a six-game losing streak with a rousing 142-134 overtime victory in Sacramento on Sunday, the Spurs (20-58) travel to Phoenix. San Antonio got a consolidated 56 focuses from holds Doug McDermott (season-best 30 focuses) and Julian Champagnie (vocation high 26 focuses).
McDermott scored nine points in overtime, when the Spurs never trailed, and Champagnie scored 22 points before the halftime break.
Tre Jones had a triple-double for San Antonio in the victory (17 points, 11 assists, and 10 rebounds), Dominick Barlow had a double-double (12 points, 10 rebounds), Zach Collins scored 16 points, Malaki Branham scored 15, and Keita Bates-Diop scored 13.
Due to injuries, San Antonio was without Keldon Johnson, Jeremy Sochan, and Devin Vassell.
