{"id":384303,"date":"2025-11-17T02:56:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/384303\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T02:56:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T02:56:24","slug":"suns-use-new-starting-lineup-vs-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/384303\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Use New Starting Lineup vs Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">PHOENIX &#8212; Thanks to injuries, the Phoenix Suns have rolled out the following starting lineup against the Atlanta Hawks: <\/p>\n<ul id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"!list-disc ml-5 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6r\">\n<li>Devin Booker <\/li>\n<li>Dillon Brooks<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Dunn<\/li>\n<li>Royce O&#8217;Neale<\/li>\n<li>Mark Williams<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\">This comes as both Jalen Green (hamstring) and Grayson Allen (quad) are out of action for tonight. Green will be evaluated again a few weeks from now while Allen is considered day-to-day. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">With Allen out, Booker is now the only Suns player to have started every game for Phoenix this season. <\/p>\n<p>More on Suns&#8217; Starters vs Hawks <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">Booker is fresh off a 30-point performance on Thursday, as his 28.5 points per night currently ranks ninth in the NBA. He&#8217;s also averaging 4.2 rebounds and seven assists. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\">Brooks, who also chipped in over 30 points against Indiana, has been a massive part of Phoenix&#8217;s play to begin the regular season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">\u201cIt doesn\u2019t matter who\u2019s guarding and who\u2019s on it. We follow our strategy, play physical and slowly it wears and tears on the offenses and it shows,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/new-phoenix-suns-duo-makes-subtle-history-blowout-win\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooks said after Thursday.<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">&#8220;At least the top-10 defense, we got to work on our rebounding and that\u2019s why they stay in the game. Rebounding, fouling, I watch that and coach it up. So bring that to the next game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">O&#8217;Neale is off to the best three-point shooting start of his career, making shots at a 45.4% clip from downtown in the first 13 games of the year. He&#8217;s also adding 5.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">Williams was removed off the injury report and is back in the starting lineup as the Suns move with caution on the big man and his health. <\/p>\n<p>Suns-Hawks Should Be Fun<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">The Suns move into tonight on a five-game winning streak, sharing the same 8-5 record as Atlanta. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\"><strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/preview-phoenix-suns-atlanta-hawks-sunday-night-clash\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Suns-Hawks Preview <\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">\u201cThey\u2019re high energy athletes, Multiple guys who can dribble, pass and shoot. Puts you in a lot of different disadvantages on their offensive end,&#8221; Suns coach Jordan Ott said of Atlanta (<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/1989825884787015703\" rel=\"nofollow\">h\/t Duane Rankin<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7x\">&#8220;Defensively, they\u2019re big. They force turnovers. Coming in playing well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"80\">Atlanta has been without Trae Young for their last eight games, going 6-2 during that stretch. They&#8217;ve won all three games on their road trip out West thus far. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"83\">\u201cGood team, good team, playing fast,\u201d Suns guard Jordan Goodwin said after Saturday\u2019s practice (h\/t Duane Rankin). <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"86\">\u201cDefinitely going to be a good matchup for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"89\">Tonight&#8217;s Suns-Hawks matchup will start just past 6:00 PM MST at Mortgage Matchup Center. <\/p>\n<p>Latest Phoenix Suns News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX &#8212; Thanks to injuries, the Phoenix Suns have rolled out the following starting lineup against the Atlanta&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":384304,"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-384303","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\/115562793488155873","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384303","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=384303"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/384303\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/384304"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=384303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=384303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=384303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}