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Washington Wizards vs. Phoenix Suns

December 29, 2025 · 2025-26 season

The Suns beat the Wizards 115-101 on 2025-12-29 on the road against the Wizards. The Wizards started CJ McCollum, Bilal Coulibaly, Alex Sarr, Jamir Watkins, and Tre Johnson. The Suns started Devin Booker, Royce O'Neale, Dillon Brooks, Collin Gillespie, and Oso Ighodaro. Devin Booker (Suns) scored 14 points (4/8) in his matchups, with Bilal Coulibaly as his primary defender. Alex Sarr (Wizards) scored 11 points (5/9) in his matchups, with Oso Ighodaro as his primary defender.

Box score

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

WAS

Washington Wizards 101

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
CJ McCollum GS	28:13	17	3	4	2	2	3	1	6-13	0-5	5-6	-20
Bilal Coulibaly GS	26:36	13	7	3	0	1	3	4	3-8	2-5	5-6	-10
Tre Johnson GS	25:07	24	1	2	1	0	3	1	9-12	5-5	1-1	-18
Alex Sarr GS	24:50	2	2	4	1	2	2	0	1-5	0-2	0-0	-28
Jamir Watkins GS	17:19	3	4	0	0	0	1	4	1-4	1-4	0-0	-3
Bub Carrington	26:45	10	5	4	0	0	1	4	4-8	2-2	0-0	+2
Justin Champagnie	26:42	11	6	0	1	0	0	3	4-9	1-4	2-4	-5
Marvin Bagley III	22:06	7	7	2	0	3	0	0	2-5	0-1	3-4	+11
Will Riley	20:38	10	5	1	1	0	1	2	4-10	2-4	0-0	0
Malaki Branham	19:36	4	3	1	0	0	1	1	2-4	0-0	0-0	-5
Anthony Gill	1:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
AJ Johnson	1:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+3
Totals		101	43	21	6	8	15	20	36-78	13-32	16-21

Did not play: Sharife Cooper (DNP - Coach's Decision), Tristan Vukcevic (DNP - Coach's Decision)

PHX

Phoenix Suns 115

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Devin Booker GS	35:21	22	6	5	1	0	2	3	8-23	1-6	5-7	+22
Dillon Brooks GS	32:39	26	3	0	0	0	1	2	8-20	3-8	7-7	+26
Royce O'Neale GS	32:36	15	5	4	1	0	1	3	5-8	5-6	0-0	+18
Oso Ighodaro GS	29:48	6	10	3	2	0	1	2	2-3	0-0	2-2	+27
Collin Gillespie GS	28:37	25	4	6	2	0	2	0	10-14	5-8	0-0	+13
Jordan Goodwin	27:46	14	7	2	2	0	1	1	6-14	2-6	0-0	-1
Nick Richards	17:08	2	9	0	0	3	0	1	1-8	0-0	0-0	-10
Jamaree Bouyea	12:34	2	1	3	0	0	2	0	0-6	0-3	2-2	-8
Rasheer Fleming	11:44	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0-2	0-1	0-0	-4
Isaiah Livers	9:39	3	2	2	0	0	0	2	1-3	1-2	0-0	-7
Nigel Hayes-Davis	1:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Khaman Maluach	1:04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-3
Totals		115	51	25	8	3	10	14	41-101	17-40	16-18

Did not play: Mark Williams (DND_LEAGUE_SUSPENSION)

Lineups

WAS

Washington Wizards

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

CJ McCollum · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Jamir Watkins · Tre Johnson Starter 9.4 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Malaki Branham · Bub Carrington · Will Riley 9.1 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson · Will Riley 4.9 min
CJ McCollum · Bilal Coulibaly · Alex Sarr · Bub Carrington · Tre Johnson 4.1 min
Marvin Bagley III · Justin Champagnie · Malaki Branham · Bilal Coulibaly · Bub Carrington 3.6 min

PHX

Phoenix Suns

Starting lineup

The 5 most-used lineups:

Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Collin Gillespie · Oso Ighodaro Starter 16.6 min
Devin Booker · Royce O'Neale · Dillon Brooks · Jordan Goodwin · Oso Ighodaro 11.8 min
Devin Booker · Nick Richards · Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Rasheer Fleming 3.7 min
Nick Richards · Jordan Goodwin · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Rasheer Fleming 3.0 min
Nick Richards · Isaiah Livers · Jamaree Bouyea · Collin Gillespie · Rasheer Fleming 2.6 min

Who guarded whom

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

Wizards defense

Devin Booker 14 pts (4/8) in 68 possessions

Guarded by: Bilal Coulibaly (33 %, 6 pts) · Will Riley (13 %, 0 pts) · Alex Sarr (11 %, 0 pts)
Dillon Brooks 8 pts (3/9) in 65 possessions

Guarded by: CJ McCollum (20 %, 4 pts) · Tre Johnson (15 %, 3 pts) · Bilal Coulibaly (12 %, 1 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
CJ McCollum	Collin Gillespie: 16 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 13 poss., 4 pts (2/5)
Bilal Coulibaly	Devin Booker: 22 poss., 6 pts (2/4) · Dillon Brooks: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/1)
Tre Johnson	Royce O'Neale: 19 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 9 poss., 3 pts (1/2)
Justin Champagnie	Royce O'Neale: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Dillon Brooks: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Bub Carrington	Jordan Goodwin: 12 poss., 6 pts (2/3) · Rasheer Fleming: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Alex Sarr	Oso Ighodaro: 26 poss., 0 pts (0/3) · Devin Booker: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Marvin Bagley III	Nick Richards: 20 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · Oso Ighodaro: 6 poss., 2 pts (1/2)
Malaki Branham	Jamaree Bouyea: 8 poss., 0 pts (0/1) · Jordan Goodwin: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Will Riley	Devin Booker: 9 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Jamaree Bouyea: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamir Watkins	Royce O'Neale: 11 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Dillon Brooks: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Anthony Gill	Khaman Maluach: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Isaiah Livers: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
AJ Johnson	Rasheer Fleming: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)

Suns defense

Alex Sarr 11 pts (5/9) in 49 possessions

Guarded by: Oso Ighodaro (62 %, 2 pts) · Dillon Brooks (10 %, 4 pts) · Devin Booker (10 %, 0 pts)
CJ McCollum 15 pts (6/14) in 55 possessions

Guarded by: Collin Gillespie (27 %, 0 pts) · Royce O'Neale (23 %, 6 pts) · Jordan Goodwin (19 %, 5 pts)

Defender	Guarded most
Devin Booker	Bilal Coulibaly: 26 poss., 5 pts (2/9) · Justin Champagnie: 8 poss., 1 pts (0/2)
Dillon Brooks	Jamir Watkins: 10 poss., 3 pts (1/2) · Justin Champagnie: 10 poss., 9 pts (2/3)
Royce O'Neale	Tre Johnson: 18 poss., 3 pts (1/1) · CJ McCollum: 13 poss., 6 pts (2/3)
Oso Ighodaro	Alex Sarr: 30 poss., 2 pts (1/2) · Marvin Bagley III: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Collin Gillespie	CJ McCollum: 15 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Tre Johnson: 9 poss., 8 pts (3/4)
Jordan Goodwin	Bub Carrington: 13 poss., 3 pts (1/3) · CJ McCollum: 10 poss., 5 pts (2/4)
Nick Richards	Marvin Bagley III: 25 poss., 2 pts (1/5) · Justin Champagnie: 3 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Jamaree Bouyea	Malaki Branham: 7 poss., 0 pts (0/2) · Will Riley: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/1)
Rasheer Fleming	Will Riley: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Bub Carrington: 6 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Isaiah Livers	Justin Champagnie: 5 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Will Riley: 4 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Khaman Maluach	Anthony Gill: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0)
Nigel Hayes-Davis	AJ Johnson: 1 poss., 0 pts (0/0) · Malaki Branham: 0 poss., 0 pts (0/0)