Duane Rankin: To match #76ers lineup, Igor Kokoskov is starting Devin Booker at point guard and will be joined by Mikal Bridges, Trevor Ariza, TJ Warren and Deandre Ayton. #Suns
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Position: G
Born: 10/30/96
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:206 lbs. / 93.4 kg.
Salary: $3,314,365
Born: 10/30/96
Height: 6-6 / 1.98
Weight:206 lbs. / 93.4 kg.
Salary: $3,314,365
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Booker isn’t certain how to make this happen, but he knows the Suns need to establish the type of closeness that allows them to get on each other. “All good teams have that trust and chemistry where you’re able to get on each other and know it’s for a better purpose,” Booker said. “I don’t think we have that right now. We’re not comfortable with each other. Step on each other’s toes. We don’t push each other. I think that’s what we need to do.”
Ayton has an idea of how do to that. “Know who to yell at, know who not to tell at,” Ayton said. “Know who to encourage. There’s certain guys on the team, you curse them out, you’re basically cursing with them. That’s what amps them up. Cuss me out. Like, why you not on me? Some guys, you have say, ‘Come on man, let’s go, let’s go.’ ”
Gina Mizell: Devin Booker on #Suns’ loss to Nets: “It sucks, man. We thought last game (dramatic win vs. Memphis) would be our step forward, and we definitely took a step back tonight. We didn’t protect home court. Came in here and got (blown) out in front of our fans, so it’s embarrassing.”
Caris LeVert scored 26 points, D’Angelo Russell added 15 and the Nets won their third game in the past four, while the Suns have lost eight of nine. Devin Booker led Phoenix with 20 points but made just 6 of 21 shots. Deandre Ayton had 15 points and a season-high 13 rebounds. “We just tried to make every shot tough, every catch tough,” LeVert said. “We did a good job of that.” Brooklyn held the Suns to a season low in points and field goal shooting at 34.6 percent. “We’re growing up in terms of our physicality on the defensive end,” Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson said.
