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Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors

December 18, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Warriors 99-98 on 2025-12-18 at home. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Mark Williams, and Collin Gillespie. The Warriors started Stephen Curry, Jimmy Butler III, Draymond Green, Moses Moody, and Quinten Post. Stephen Curry (Warriors) scored 12 points (5/12) in his matchups, with Royce O'Neale as his primary defender. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 5 points (2/7) in his matchups, with Moses Moody as his primary defender.

Box score

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

PHX

Phoenix Suns 99

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Collin Gillespie GS	33:44	16	6	5	2	1	3	2	5-12	1-6	5-5	+14
Dillon Brooks GS	33:02	24	7	2	1	0	3	4	10-23	4-9	0-1	-13
Devin Booker GS	32:57	25	2	2	1	0	3	2	9-19	2-6	5-6	-8
Royce O'Neale GS	31:19	9	5	3	3	0	1	1	3-9	2-5	1-2	+6
Mark Williams GS	19:01	6	4	1	1	1	1	2	2-3	0-0	2-2	+12
Jordan Goodwin	30:08	9	6	3	2	1	0	3	3-12	1-7	2-4	-7
Oso Ighodaro	28:24	2	13	0	5	1	2	1	1-3	0-0	0-0	-12
Ryan Dunn	17:10	4	2	2	0	1	2	2	2-3	0-1	0-0	+11
Jamaree Bouyea	14:15	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	2-2	+2
Totals		99	49	19	16	6	15	17	36-88	10-35	17-22

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

GSW

Golden State Warriors 98

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Jimmy Butler III GS	33:56	31	3	3	1	0	2	1	11-17	1-1	8-9	0
Stephen Curry GS	33:15	15	9	7	1	0	2	1	3-13	2-9	7-7	-12
Moses Moody GS	30:27	5	8	3	1	1	1	3	2-10	1-6	0-0	-1
Draymond Green GS	30:03	7	6	3	2	2	5	2	3-9	1-6	0-0	-10
Quinten Post GS	26:38	9	11	1	1	0	1	5	3-14	2-10	1-2	-1
Brandin Podziemski	27:46	18	2	2	1	0	2	2	8-11	2-3	0-0	+15
De'Anthony Melton	14:55	2	0	2	2	0	2	1	1-6	0-4	0-0	+7
Gui Santos	13:39	6	5	2	0	0	1	3	2-2	2-2	0-0	+2
Buddy Hield	9:58	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1-2	1-1	0-0	0
Jonathan Kuminga	9:31	2	4	1	0	0	1	1	1-5	0-0	0-0	-1
Trayce Jackson-Davis	6:46	0	4	3	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Gary Payton II	3:07	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-7
Totals		98	54	27	9	3	20	20	35-89	12-42	16-18

Did not play: Seth Curry (DNP - Injury/Illness), Will Richard (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 10.5 min
Devin Booker · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro 8.5 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 7.8 min
Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro · Ryan Dunn 4.9 min
Royce O'Neale · Mark Williams · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Ryan Dunn 4.1 min

GSW

Golden State Warriors

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Quinten Post Starter 9.6 min
Jimmy Butler III · De'Anthony Melton · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 4.8 min
Stephen Curry · Jimmy Butler III · Draymond Green · Moses Moody · Brandin Podziemski 4.8 min
Stephen Curry · Draymond Green · Buddy Hield · Jonathan Kuminga · Gui Santos 4.1 min
Jimmy Butler III · Buddy Hield · De'Anthony Melton · Brandin Podziemski · Quinten Post 3.5 min

Who guarded whom

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

Suns defense

Stephen Curry 12 pts (5/12) in 70 possessions

Guarded by: Royce O'Neale (29 %, 3 pts) · Collin Gillespie (18 %, 0 pts) · Devin Booker (14 %, 4 pts)
De'Anthony Melton 10 pts (4/8) in 28 possessions

Guarded by: Devin Booker (29 %, 8 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (20 %, 2 pts) · Oso Ighodaro (11 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Jimmy Butler III: 16 poss., 7 pts (3/4) · Stephen Curry: 10 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Dillon Brooks	Draymond Green: 16 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Moses Moody: 12 poss., 7 pts (3/6)
Collin Gillespie	Moses Moody: 18 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Stephen Curry: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Royce O'Neale	Stephen Curry: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Jimmy Butler III: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jordan Goodwin	Brandin Podziemski: 14 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Stephen Curry: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/0)
Oso Ighodaro	Draymond Green: 12 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Quinten Post: 12 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Mark Williams	Quinten Post: 11 poss., 2 pts (0/0) · Draymond Green: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Ryan Dunn	Gui Santos: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jamaree Bouyea	Brandin Podziemski: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jonathan Kuminga: 5 poss., 4 pts (1/1)

Warriors defense

Devin Booker 5 pts (2/7) in 63 possessions

Guarded by: Moses Moody (32 %, 0 pts) · Jimmy Butler III (19 %, 5 pts) · Stephen Curry (10 %, 0 pts)
Dillon Brooks 18 pts (6/14) in 69 possessions

Guarded by: Draymond Green (25 %, 3 pts) · Jimmy Butler III (17 %, 5 pts) · Moses Moody (13 %, 0 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Stephen Curry	Collin Gillespie: 23 poss., 3 pts (0/4) · Jordan Goodwin: 13 poss., 8 pts (2/3)
Jimmy Butler III	Devin Booker: 12 poss., 5 pts (2/2) · Dillon Brooks: 11 poss., 5 pts (2/2)
Draymond Green	Dillon Brooks: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Moses Moody	Devin Booker: 20 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Collin Gillespie: 10 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Brandin Podziemski	Collin Gillespie: 12 poss., 4 pts (2/3) · Jordan Goodwin: 9 poss., 2 pts (1/1)
Quinten Post	Oso Ighodaro: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/4) · Royce O'Neale: 13 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
De'Anthony Melton	Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Dillon Brooks: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/2)
Gui Santos	Royce O'Neale: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Jonathan Kuminga	Ryan Dunn: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Royce O'Neale: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Trayce Jackson-Davis	Mark Williams: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Oso Ighodaro: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Buddy Hield	Ryan Dunn: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Gary Payton II	Royce O'Neale: 2 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)