{"id":412596,"date":"2023-02-14T23:56:31","date_gmt":"2023-02-15T04:56:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=412596"},"modified":"2023-07-24T08:18:20","modified_gmt":"2023-07-24T12:18:20","slug":"suns-defeat-kings-durant-watching-from-bench","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/suns-defeat-kings-durant-watching-from-bench\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns defeat Kings, injured Durant welcomed at Footprint Center"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Devin Booker finished with 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to lift the Phoenix Suns to a 120-109 victory against the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">That&#39;s a DUB.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WeAreTheValley?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#WeAreTheValley<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zLHbX7EsPL\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/zLHbX7EsPL<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Phoenix Suns (@Suns) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Suns\/status\/1625712634371911685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Deandre Ayton had 29 points, 11 rebounds, 4 steals, 2 blocks and 2 assists and Josh Okogie contributed with 19 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists for the Suns.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Chris Paul tonight:<br \/>17 Points<br \/>5 Rebounds<br \/>19 Assists<br \/>7\/15 FGM<\/p>\n<p>This is Kevin Durants point guard\ud83d\ude33 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/w13vAR5Dg9\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/w13vAR5Dg9<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud83c\udfc0 (@basketwrld1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/basketwrld1\/status\/1625712038734618624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lively Chris Paul reminded why he is called the Point God, finishing the contest with a whooping 19 assists. He also added 17 points, 2 rebounds and 2 steals.<\/p>\n<p>Paul, who managed to accumulate eight of those dimes in the first quarter and 11 by halftime, has now passed Oscar Robertson for the fourth-most 15-assist games in NBA history (112).<\/p>\n<p>NBA star acquisition Kevin Durant, who is recovering from a right knee injury and hasn&#8217;t played since Jan. 12, got his first Footprint Center welcome two days before his official introductory press conference scheduled for Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Durant is expected back sometime after this weekend\u2019s All-Star break.<\/p>\n<p>Suns coach Monty Williams confirmed that Durant is participating in some drills as he prepares to return.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s in great shape and going game speed like he always does,\u201d Williams said, adding that Durant needs to play in more 3-on-3 and similar competition levels before he can return.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kevin Durant, welcome to the Phoenix Suns. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nLkYx0jihZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/nLkYx0jihZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Arizona Sports (@AZSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSports\/status\/1625702451277094912?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>De\u2019Aaron Fox led the Kings with 35 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists and Domantas Sabonis finished with 24 points, 15 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.<\/p>\n<p>The Suns host the Los Angeles Clippers in another vital mid-season Pacific Division rivalry game on Thursday night.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devin Booker finished with 32 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals to lift the Phoenix Suns to a 120-109 victory against [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4224,"featured_media":412597,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"tags":[17087,16798,17005,16941],"news_category":[16706,16715,14084],"gn_keywords":[],"acf":{"announce":"Suns point guard Chris Paul racks up season-high 19 assists","video":["video"]},"rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_robots":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_facebook_image":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":"","rank_math_twitter_image":"","rank_math_snippet_shortcode":"","rank_math_primary_category":"","rankmath_seo":{"focus_keyword":"","description":"","title":"","canonical_url":"","robots":"","facebook":{"title":"","description":"","image":""},"twitter":{"title":"","description":"","image":""}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/412596"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4224"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=412596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/412596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/412597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=412596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=412596"},{"taxonomy":"news_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news_category?post=412596"},{"taxonomy":"gn_keywords","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gn_keywords?post=412596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}