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Phoenix Suns vs. New York Knicks

January 9, 2026 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Knicks 112-107 on 2026-01-09 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Knicks started Karl-Anthony Towns, OG Anunoby, Mikal Bridges, Jalen Brunson, and Miles McBride. Jalen Brunson (Knicks) scored 15 points (6/13) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 9 points (3/7) in his matchups, with Mikal Bridges as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns 112

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Devin Booker GS 38:31 31 3 8 1 0 2 3 10-23 4-6 7-8 +11
Royce O'Neale GS 33:15 12 6 1 0 1 0 4 4-6 4-6 0-0 +5
Dillon Brooks GS 32:57 27 7 5 0 0 2 4 8-15 5-9 6-6 +13
Collin Gillespie GS 27:59 6 2 2 0 0 1 0 2-8 2-6 0-0 -2
Mark Williams GS 24:50 10 5 0 0 2 1 0 5-6 0-0 0-0 +9
Grayson Allen 25:52 10 3 1 1 0 1 1 2-10 0-6 6-6 +8
Oso Ighodaro 23:02 0 0 3 1 0 0 5 0-1 0-0 0-2 -5
Jordan Goodwin 17:31 7 6 0 0 0 0 2 3-11 0-7 1-1 -3
Ryan Dunn 12:27 7 5 3 1 0 2 2 3-3 1-1 0-0 -6
Rasheer Fleming 3:37 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1-2 0-1 0-0 -5
Totals 112 37 23 4 4 9 21 38-85 16-42 20-23

Did not play: Nigel Hayes-Davis (DNP - Coach's Decision), Khaman Maluach (DNP - Coach's Decision), Nick Richards (DNP - Coach's Decision)

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks 107

Player MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV PF FG 3PT FT +/-
Miles McBride GS 39:29 17 2 2 3 0 1 4 7-15 3-8 0-0 +1
OG Anunoby GS 37:52 15 8 3 0 0 1 1 3-9 2-5 7-9 +5
Jalen Brunson GS 37:02 27 3 5 0 0 4 1 9-19 5-10 4-4 -2
Karl-Anthony Towns GS 32:58 15 12 5 0 0 5 4 5-11 2-5 3-5 -2
Mikal Bridges GS 32:31 11 8 4 0 1 1 3 4-10 3-8 0-0 -2
Mitchell Robinson 24:01 8 14 1 0 0 1 3 4-5 0-0 0-0 0
Jordan Clarkson 20:31 12 1 0 0 0 1 2 4-8 1-3 3-3 -6
Tyler Kolek 10:09 2 2 1 0 0 3 2 1-4 0-1 0-0 -6
Mohamed Diawara 4:11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 -4
Kevin McCullar Jr. 1:16 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0-1 0-1 0-0 -9
Totals 107 50 22 3 1 17 23 37-82 16-41 17-21

Did not play: Pacôme Dadiet (DNP - Coach's Decision), Ariel Hukporti (DNP - Coach's Decision)

Lineups

PHX
Phoenix Suns
Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

NYK
New York Knicks
New York Knicks

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Defender Guarded most
Devin Booker Mikal Bridges: 30 poss., 4 pts (2/7) · OG Anunoby: 15 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Dillon Brooks OG Anunoby: 21 poss., 12 pts (4/4) · Miles McBride: 11 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Royce O'Neale Jalen Brunson: 29 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Mikal Bridges: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie Miles McBride: 24 poss., 0 pts (0/4) · Jalen Brunson: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Mark Williams Karl-Anthony Towns: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Grayson Allen Jordan Clarkson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mikal Bridges: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro Karl-Anthony Towns: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mitchell Robinson: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jordan Goodwin Jalen Brunson: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tyler Kolek: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Ryan Dunn Jordan Clarkson: 7 poss., 4 pts (2/2) · OG Anunoby: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Rasheer Fleming OG Anunoby: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Miles McBride: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Knicks defense

Defender Guarded most
Jalen Brunson Dillon Brooks: 29 poss., 8 pts (2/3) · Devin Booker: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Miles McBride Collin Gillespie: 21 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
OG Anunoby Royce O'Neale: 22 poss., 4 pts (1/2) · Devin Booker: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Karl-Anthony Towns Mark Williams: 21 poss., 5 pts (2/6) · Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 2 pts (0/1)
Mikal Bridges Devin Booker: 28 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Grayson Allen: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/5)
Mitchell Robinson Mark Williams: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Jordan Clarkson Grayson Allen: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Tyler Kolek Jordan Goodwin: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Collin Gillespie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Mohamed Diawara Royce O'Neale: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Mark Williams: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Kevin McCullar Jr. Devin Booker: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)