Devin Booker RETURNS As Suns WIN Behind Collin Gillespie And Rasheer Flemings 3rd Quarter Scoring!
Phoenix Suns overpower Sacramento Kings as Collin Gillespie and Rasheer Fleming ignite a third-quarter surge—can this revamped rotation spark a postseason run?
Benjamin Garcia unpacks the Suns’ decisive win, spotlighting Collin Gillespie’s sharpshooting and playmaking, plus Rasheer Fleming’s breakout energy off the bench. The analysis covers Devin Booker’s surprising impact despite a cold shooting night, Jalen Green’s evolving defensive presence, and key questions around starting lineup configurations and depth with names like Grayson Allen, Ryan Dunn, and Haywood Highsmith in the spotlight. Roster tweaks, defensive identity, and bench contributions set the stage as Phoenix chases higher playoff seeding.
Is this the lineup that cements Phoenix Suns as true Western Conference contenders? Don’t miss Benjamin Garcia’s instant reaction, strategic breakdown, and a look ahead at challenges on the horizon.
00:00 Suns Edge Kings: Team Effort
03:06 Devin Booker’s Impact Despite Struggles
06:43 Jalen Green’s Defensive Impact
14:33 Jalen Green’s Offensive Performance
18:15 Collin Gillespie’s Game-Changer Performance
22:03 Fleming’s Rise Over Dunn
25:53 Haywood Highsmith’s Suns Fit Unclear
27:44 Player Logjam Impacting Rotations
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16 Comments
GREAT WIN: Actually didn't hate what I saw from Jalen Green tonight…hopefully it can be a potentially positive sign to come…let me know what you guys want me to talk about before the next game ⬇
You do a whole lot of reaching you complain about everything the Suns do I honestly don't think you're a real suns fan I think you do more coat tailing than anything the suns are not even supposed to be In this position and you talk a lot of b/s about them I'm cool on you know wonder your likes are so low hater .
Call me crazy but imagine this Starting lineup. Oso, Rasheer, Brooks, Book and Green.
As a big wrestling fan I loved all of the wrestling references.
Suns offense is optimized for Role players. 3s and easy buckets. Devin takes the hard shots that let the other guys play their roles. He takes on his shot profile so the rest of the guys can just shoot 3s and play defense
Ben Garcia always say this: Devin Booker is NOT a great three point shooter. Ben Garcia, this: "With his four made 3s, Booker notably joined Golden State Warriors’ Stephen Curry and Portland Trail Blazers’ Damian Lillard as the only NBA players with 1,500 3s and 17,000 points in 720 career games or fewer."🤣
just win l don't care how or who helps just win games period
dunn got to go
Shazam!!
I’m so tired of you yapping about Jalen green to the bench im about to not be an everydayer 😭😭
Dunn out Flemming in
Look, we all know and see the potential of Ryan Dunn. The guy is in a slump, that’s okay! If we gotta limit his minutes then so be it but I don’t agree with the ppl who say to get rid of him. He’ll get there! Go Suns!
Man this guy is a clown this is what yall listen to every game suns are ahead of schedule
Book is the Captain on the floor he gets the guys in the right places he attracts the double triple team that makes EVERYONE elses jobs EASIER 🤷🏽♀️ He played 31 mins he didn't NEED to score he jus need to be out there he gives his team confidence
Surprised Ben was so against Greens 3pa, he’s been advocating for him to shoot 3s to cover for Books lack of
Our best lineups seem include Collin Gillespie, Oso Ighadaro, and Jordan Goodwin.
I don’t know what the starting lineup should be, but I like it when those three are on the court together even if off the bench.
I would love for Rasheer Fleming to be ready to be in the starting lineup. If his defense can be at least as good as Dunn and his shooting can compare to Royce O’nealle then he is the PF we need.
Right now, I am not convinced that Jalen Green is better than Grayson Allen. Hopefully he will be as he gets his rhythm, but right now, my ideal starting lineup is…
Gillespie, Booker, Brooks, Fleming, Williams. I am willing to send CG12 to the bench in favor of Jalen Green only because Booker can handle the point guard position and I know CG12 cooks with the bench players while Jalen Green seems to need better players around him to be the best version of himself.