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Phoenix Suns vs. Sacramento Kings

January 2, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Kings 129-102 on 2026-01-02 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Kings started Russell Westbrook, DeMar DeRozan, Precious Achiuwa, Keegan Murray, and Maxime Raynaud. Russell Westbrook (Kings) scored 12 points (4/10) in his matchups, with Jamaree Bouyea as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 7 points (3/11) in his matchups, with Keegan Murray as his primary defender.

Box score

In orange, the game high in points, rebounds and assists.

PHX

Phoenix Suns 129

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Royce O'Neale GS	30:07	7	5	2	2	3	0	3	3-7	1-5	0-0	+21
Devin Booker GS	27:44	33	2	5	0	0	5	0	13-21	1-6	6-7	+11
Collin Gillespie GS	26:03	15	2	5	3	0	1	2	6-14	3-9	0-0	+20
Dillon Brooks GS	25:26	18	2	1	1	0	0	2	8-14	2-4	0-0	+9
Mark Williams GS	21:43	15	9	0	1	1	1	2	3-4	0-0	9-11	+7
Jamaree Bouyea	22:53	12	6	1	4	0	0	2	6-9	0-2	0-1	+20
Jordan Goodwin	22:40	7	2	6	1	0	1	3	2-3	1-2	2-2	+8
Oso Ighodaro	20:28	15	6	1	2	2	1	1	5-6	0-0	5-5	+14
Ryan Dunn	17:57	3	4	1	0	1	2	3	1-2	0-1	1-2	+6
Isaiah Livers	11:31	0	1	1	1	0	0	3	0-4	0-1	0-0	+8
Rasheer Fleming	5:59	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0-1	0-1	0-0	+5
Khaman Maluach	5:21	4	2	0	1	1	1	1	2-2	0-0	0-0	+3
Nigel Hayes-Davis	2:07	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		129	42	23	16	9	12	23	49-87	8-31	23-28

Did not play: Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

SAC

Sacramento Kings 102

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Keegan Murray GS	32:37	23	9	2	1	1	3	1	9-17	3-5	2-2	-23
DeMar DeRozan GS	29:52	13	2	3	2	0	3	2	4-8	0-2	5-6	-12
Russell Westbrook GS	26:02	17	9	6	1	0	4	3	6-12	1-3	4-5	-11
Maxime Raynaud GS	25:25	6	5	2	1	0	0	3	3-7	0-0	0-4	-19
Precious Achiuwa GS	18:47	3	6	3	0	0	2	5	1-8	0-2	1-2	-12
Keon Ellis	34:30	14	3	0	1	2	3	3	4-11	3-6	3-4	-19
Dennis Schröder	24:00	12	2	2	0	0	2	1	4-10	1-3	3-4	-15
Nique Clifford	18:33	3	2	1	0	0	3	1	1-4	1-2	0-0	-6
Doug McDermott	15:50	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1-5	1-5	0-0	-13
Drew Eubanks	9:52	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	2-2	0-0	4-5	-2
Devin Carter	4:32	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0-1	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		102	42	20	6	3	21	23	35-85	10-28	22-32

Did not play: Malik Monk (DNP - Coach's Decision), Dario Šarić (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Mark Williams · Collin Gillespie Starter 11.0 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Mark Williams 10.0 min
Royce O'Neale · Isaiah Livers · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 7.3 min
Isaiah Livers · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 4.3 min
Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Ryan Dunn · Rasheer Fleming · Khaman Maluach 3.2 min

SAC

Sacramento Kings

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Russell Westbrook · DeMar DeRozan · Precious Achiuwa · Keegan Murray · Maxime Raynaud Starter 6.2 min
DeMar DeRozan · Dennis Schröder · Keegan Murray · Keon Ellis · Maxime Raynaud 7.0 min
Doug McDermott · Precious Achiuwa · Keon Ellis · Devin Carter · Nique Clifford 4.3 min
Russell Westbrook · Doug McDermott · Precious Achiuwa · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 4.3 min
Dennis Schröder · Drew Eubanks · Keegan Murray · Keon Ellis · Nique Clifford 3.7 min

Who guarded whom

Based on stats.nba.com matchup data. Points and shooting are always the offensive player's.

Suns defense

Russell Westbrook 12 pts (4/10) in 53 possessions

Guarded by: Jamaree Bouyea (20 %, 0 pts) · Dillon Brooks (18 %, 0 pts) · Collin Gillespie (16 %, 0 pts)
DeMar DeRozan 6 pts (1/4) in 61 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (29 %, 0 pts) · Dillon Brooks (27 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (12 %, 2 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Keegan Murray: 22 poss., 6 pts (3/5) · Keon Ellis: 9 poss., 4 pts (0/4)
Royce O'Neale	DeMar DeRozan: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Keegan Murray: 13 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Dillon Brooks	DeMar DeRozan: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Russell Westbrook: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Collin Gillespie	Keon Ellis: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Keegan Murray: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin	Dennis Schröder: 17 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamaree Bouyea	Russell Westbrook: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Keon Ellis: 11 poss., 6 pts (3/4)
Oso Ighodaro	Precious Achiuwa: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Drew Eubanks: 6 poss., 2 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams	Maxime Raynaud: 27 poss., 5 pts (0/0) · Russell Westbrook: 5 poss., 7 pts (2/2)
Ryan Dunn	Nique Clifford: 11 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Keon Ellis: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers	Doug McDermott: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Keon Ellis: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Rasheer Fleming	Nique Clifford: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Doug McDermott: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Khaman Maluach	Precious Achiuwa: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · Maxime Raynaud: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nigel Hayes-Davis	Nique Clifford: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Doug McDermott: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Kings defense

Devin Booker 7 pts (3/11) in 58 possessions

Guarded by: Keegan Murray (33 %, 5 pts) · Keon Ellis (22 %, 0 pts) · Dennis Schröder (11 %, 0 pts)
Dillon Brooks 4 pts (2/2) in 54 possessions

Guarded by: DeMar DeRozan (52 %, 2 pts) · Keegan Murray (15 %, 2 pts) · Maxime Raynaud (8 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Keegan Murray	Devin Booker: 19 poss., 5 pts (2/4) · Royce O'Neale: 12 poss., 3 pts (1/3)
Keon Ellis	Devin Booker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Collin Gillespie: 11 poss., 6 pts (2/2)
DeMar DeRozan	Dillon Brooks: 29 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Royce O'Neale: 17 poss., 4 pts (2/2)
Maxime Raynaud	Mark Williams: 26 poss., 8 pts (3/6) · Oso Ighodaro: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Russell Westbrook	Collin Gillespie: 14 poss., 2 pts (1/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 11 poss., 9 pts (2/2)
Dennis Schröder	Jordan Goodwin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Nique Clifford	Ryan Dunn: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Precious Achiuwa	Oso Ighodaro: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Royce O'Neale: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Doug McDermott	Isaiah Livers: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/3)
Drew Eubanks	Oso Ighodaro: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Dunn: 3 poss., 3 pts (1/1)
Devin Carter	Jamaree Bouyea: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Ryan Dunn: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)