The Suns are starting Tyus Jones, Devin Booker, rookie Ryan Dunn, Kevin Durant and Mason Plumlee for a fourth straight game. The Suns are 2-1 with this lineup since Suns coach Mike Budenholzer benched Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic and replaced them in the lineup with Dunn and Plumlee.

The Hornets last win versus the Suns in Phoenix was in 2021, where the Hornets won 124-121. The Hornets yearly west coast trip has never been too kind to them, but with a couple of their games getting postponed, maybe they could start the trip with a win over a below .500 team.

The Phoenix Suns closed on an 9-0 run to pull out a ... The Hornets are starting LaMelo Ball, Brandon Miller, Josh Green, Miles Bridges and Mark Williams. Ball scored posted 32 points, 10 rebounds ...

The Charlotte Hornets scored just 15 points in the fourth quarter as they lost to the Phoenix Suns, 120-113. We could go either way on Diabaté: keep him on a 2-way contract, which limits him to 20 more games…