Suns 130-105 Warriors (31 January 2025) Game Recap

San Francisco-Devin Booker had 31 points and 11 assists, Kevin Durant scored 19 points against his former team, and Phoenix Suns ran away from the Golden State Warriors for a 130-105 win Friday night.

Nick Richards added 14 points and 16 rebounds, and Bradley Beal had 21 points from the bench for Phoenix.

Warriors star Stephen Curry scored first before hit a short jumper 7:38 before the break on just his second shot of the game and ended with 14 points-go 1 for 6 from 3-point reach. He missed his first four attempts from deeply before connecting with 11:12 pm back in the game.

Moses Moody came from the bench to score 17 points for Golden State, who had hoped to build some momentum from an impressive 116-109 victory over the western conference-leading Oklahoma City on Wednesday night.

Takeaways

SUNS: Booker shot 7 of 15 in the first half and 12 for 23 overall with five 3s. He needs 60 points to pass Walter Davis and become Suns’ career scoring leader. … Phoenix, which comes from a 121-113 home loss to Minnesota on Wednesday, has won six out of eight.

Warriors: C Kevon Looney broke the nose against the thunder and wore a protective mask. … Coach Steve Kerr gave Big Man Quinten Post another straight start after he played only eight minutes and buried three times Wednesday. He had nine points and eight rebounds.

Keying moment

Grayson Allen had one Alley-oop dunk from a nearly three-quarters court jump From booker late in the first half. LLEN scored five straight points starting with this sequence when Suns took a 62-51 break lead.

Key State

Apart from Moody and Brandin Podziemski, who went 4 of 7 in 3s, Warriors fought and finished 16 for 44.

Up next

Suns visits Trail Blazers on Saturday night for a back-to-back and the first of two right on Portland over three days while Warriors hosts Orlando on Monday night.

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