{"id":366365,"date":"2025-11-09T07:31:30","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:31:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/366365\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T07:31:30","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T07:31:30","slug":"phoenix-suns-starting-lineup-gets-massive-boost-vs-l-a-clippers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/366365\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns&#8217; Starting Lineup Gets Massive Boost vs L.A. Clippers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_ba2ke6npe\">The Phoenix Suns have revealed their starting lineup against the Los Angeles Clippers. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_md8bn2hlm\">The Suns got a <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_8td2uv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/phoenix-suns-get-major-last-minute-boost-ahead-los-angeles-clippers-battle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">massive boost tonight<\/a> with both Dillon Brooks (core) and Mark Williams (illness) active despite being questionable. This will be the first time Phoenix will see a Booker-Green-Brooks lineup all season. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_we4a3d74v\">As for Los Angeles, Kawhi Leonard remains out with his ankle injury after missing Thursday&#8217;s loss to Phoenix. James Harden was <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_8td2uv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/los-angeles-clippers-get-james-harden-boost-phoenix-suns-rematch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suddenly downgraded<\/a> to questionable with illness but will play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_wxzv4akwq\"><strong>READ:<\/strong> <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_8td2uv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/betting\/3-bets-experts-love-phoenix-suns-los-angeles-clippers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">3 Bets Experts Love for Suns-Clippers<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_z9jcvmury\">Booker is off to a historical start to the 2025-26 season, which you can <a class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_8td2uv\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/devin-booker-makes-nba-history-unprecedented-start\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">read more about here. <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_isys9oh4v\">He&#8217;s averaging over 30 points and seven assists per night, and &#8220;Point Book&#8221; looks as strong as ever. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zzbrbdt50\">&#8220;You saw Book&#8217;s (Devin Booker) energy to start the game,\u00a0that is a tone-setting start. When you get a guy like that who has done so much in his NBA career, to get out\u00a0there to pick up full court, that shows you don&#8217;t have to talk about anything, that&#8217;s leadership,&#8221; Suns coach Jordan Ott said of Booker earlier this year. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_j0ermb6fw\">Now, with a full squad, it&#8217;s exciting to see how that will pan out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_klc0o63g9\">This will be the second game Phoenix has Jalen Green in the mix, and after Green&#8217;s highlight-filled debut, the Suns are poised to make some noise with their new backcourt. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_rwherxgu4\">\u201cIt was good, we got a little ball in training camp before the injury. Off the court it&#8217;s a great vibe, on the court it is even better,&#8221; Green said of running the Suns with Booker next to him. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_zvcw5cgmg\">&#8220;Really build off each other, talking the whole game, he&#8217;s a veteran guard. He&#8217;s been there before,  done it before, so I&#8217;m learning everything I can from him, while just trying to help him win. It has been good.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hci5817xm\">The Suns are hoping to replicate success from their first victory against the Clippers on Thursday, as pace was a big point of emphasis for Los Angeles head coach Ty Lue after the loss:<\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_hjt679f33\">\u201cWe gave them threes early on and then was in scramble mode. They had us in close-out situations and they were\u00a0driving and kicking, and we couldn&#8217;t really keep up their pace or how they attack the paint. We allowed a lot of\u00a0threes and to give up 40 points in the third quarter, it&#8217;s hard to come back from that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_twk9091i0\">Phoenix led by as much as 25 in the 115-102 win at Mortgage Matchup Center. With a few different pieces injected in the lineup for both sides, tonight just might play out differently. <\/p>\n<p class=\"tagStyle_16dbupz-o_O-style_mxvz7o-o_O-style_12bse5w-o_O-style_6s3kpz\" data-mm-id=\"_lwzzxzgch\">Tip is slated for just past 8:30 PM MST. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns have revealed their starting lineup against the Los Angeles Clippers. The Suns got a massive&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":366366,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-366365","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115518576050173925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366365","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366365"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366365\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/366366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366365"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366365"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366365"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}