Phoenix Suns vs. Sacramento Kings
October 22, 2025 · 2025-26 season
The Suns beat the Kings 120-116 on 2025-10-22 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks, Grayson Allen, Oso Ighodaro, and Ryan Dunn. The Kings started DeMar DeRozan, Dennis Schröder, Zach LaVine, Drew Eubanks, and Nique Clifford. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 7 points (3/8) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 23 points (9/12) in his matchups, with Zach LaVine as his primary defender.
Box score
In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.
PHX
Phoenix Suns
120
Did not play: Koby Brea (DNP - Coach's Decision), Rasheer Fleming (DNP - Coach's Decision), Jordan Goodwin (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Livers (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision)
SAC
Sacramento Kings
116
Did not play: Devin Carter (DNP - Coach's Decision), Doug McDermott (DNP - Coach's Decision), Daeqwon Plowden (DNP - Coach's Decision), Isaiah Stevens (DNP - Coach's Decision)
Lineups
PHX
Phoenix Suns
Starting lineup
The 5 most-used lineups:
- Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn Starter 13.6 min
- Royce O'Neale · Nigel Hayes-Davis · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie 6.5 min
- Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Grayson Allen · Mark Williams 6.0 min
- Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie 5.3 min
- Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 2.9 min
SAC
Sacramento Kings
Starting lineup
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Dennis Schröder
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Zach LaVine
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Nique Clifford
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DeMar DeRozan
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Drew Eubanks
The 5 most-used lineups:
- DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Drew Eubanks · Nique Clifford Starter 12.4 min
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Malik Monk · Keon Ellis · Dylan Cardwell 6.2 min
- DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Malik Monk · Dylan Cardwell 5.2 min
- Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Zach LaVine · Drew Eubanks · Nique Clifford 4.3 min
- Dennis Schröder · Zach LaVine · Dario Saric · Malik Monk · Maxime Raynaud 3.2 min
Who guarded whom
Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.
Suns defense
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Russell Westbrook 7 pts (3/8) in 37 possessions
Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (40 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (19 %, 0 pts) · Collin Gillespie (12 %, 0 pts)
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Malik Monk 19 pts (8/14) in 52 possessions
Guarded by: Grayson Allen (24 %, 8 pts) · Collin Gillespie (24 %, 4 pts) · Royce O'Neale (16 %, 3 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| Devin Booker | Zach LaVine: 23 poss., 7 pts (2/3) · Dennis Schröder: 13 poss., 9 pts (3/3) |
| Grayson Allen | Malik Monk: 13 poss., 8 pts (3/3) · Dennis Schröder: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2) |
| Dillon Brooks | DeMar DeRozan: 16 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Zach LaVine: 12 poss., 5 pts (1/4) |
| Royce O'Neale | Russell Westbrook: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · DeMar DeRozan: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Ryan Dunn | DeMar DeRozan: 21 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Mark Williams | Drew Eubanks: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Maxime Raynaud: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/2) |
| Collin Gillespie | Malik Monk: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/4) · Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Oso Ighodaro | Drew Eubanks: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Dennis Schröder: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Nigel Hayes-Davis | DeMar DeRozan: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dario Saric: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Nick Richards | Dylan Cardwell: 9 poss., 4 pts (1/1) · DeMar DeRozan: 1 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
Kings defense
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Devin Booker 23 pts (9/12) in 79 possessions
Guarded by: Zach LaVine (40 %, 11 pts) · Nique Clifford (13 %, 0 pts) · Malik Monk (9 %, 0 pts)
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Dillon Brooks 11 pts (5/14) in 75 possessions
Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (47 %, 6 pts) · Zach LaVine (19 %, 0 pts) · Malik Monk (8 %, 3 pts)
| Defender | Guarded most |
|---|---|
| DeMar DeRozan | Dillon Brooks: 35 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Ryan Dunn: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Zach LaVine | Devin Booker: 32 poss., 11 pts (5/6) · Dillon Brooks: 14 poss., 0 pts (0/3) |
| Dennis Schröder | Ryan Dunn: 21 poss., 2 pts (1/3) · Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1) |
| Malik Monk | Grayson Allen: 15 poss., 5 pts (1/3) · Royce O'Neale: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/3) |
| Nique Clifford | Grayson Allen: 23 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Drew Eubanks | Oso Ighodaro: 18 poss., 1 pts (0/1) · Mark Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/1) |
| Russell Westbrook | Royce O'Neale: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Grayson Allen: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Dylan Cardwell | Mark Williams: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Nick Richards: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Maxime Raynaud | Mark Williams: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Keon Ellis | Grayson Allen: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Collin Gillespie: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |
| Dario Saric | Royce O'Neale: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Devin Booker: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) |