Phoenix Suns @ Washington Wizards
Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 7:00 PM ET
Capital One Arena, Washington, DC | Game ID: 22400573
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
WAS 21 34 28 40 123PHX 34 35 35 26 130
WASHINGTON -- — Devin Booker scored 37 points, Kevin Durant added 23 and the Phoenix Suns weathered a late rally in a 130-123 victory over the Washington Wizards on Thursday night.
Booker had his third-consecutive 30-plus game to help Phoenix survive after Washington cut a 24-point deficit to three late in the fourth quarter.
Rookie Ryan Dunn added 18 points and 11 rebounds, and Grayson Allen had 21 points for the Suns. They improved to 1-1 on their five-game trip.
Tyus Jones had nine points and 10 assists as the Suns won their fifth out of seven overall.
Rookie Keyshawn George scored a career-high 24 points for the Wizards. They lost their eighth straight but snapped a stretch of double-digit defeats at three.
Jordan Poole added 18 points, and Alex Sarr had 16 points and nine rebounds.
Takeaways Suns: Moved back to .500 (20-20) but continued to show an inability to put teams away. Only one of Phoenix's 20 wins has been by more than 10 points, and this one despite storming to early leads of 7-0 and 18-3.
Wizards: George was excellent over 31 minutes, finishing 8 of 10 from the floor and 6 of 8 from 3-point range.
Key stat Phoenix shot 47.1% from 3-point range (16 of 34), while the Wizards were only at 31.7% (13 of 41).
Key moment After the Wizards moved to 120-117 following a 12-0 run late in the fourth quarter, Booker coolly sank a baseline 3-pointer off Jones' feed with 45 seconds remaining that restored Phoenix's two-possession lead for good.
Up next On Saturday, the Suns continues their trip at Detroit, while Washington is at Golden State.
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Who
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXBB B. Bol
DB D. Booker
GA G. Allen
KD K. Durant
MM M. Morris
MP M. Plumlee
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
TJ T. Jones
WASAS A. Sarr
BC B. Carrington
BC B. Coulibaly
CK C. Kispert
JB J. Butler
JC J. Champagnie
JP J. Poole
JV J. Valančiūnas
KG K. George
KK K. Kuzma
PHX/WAS the team itself, not a player
-- the feed named nobody
What
What happened
the codes in the Events column
M2 / M3 made 2 / made 3
X2 / X3 missed 2 / missed 3
FT / X1 free throw made / missed
AST assist
OR / DR offensive / defensive rebound
STL steal
BLK block
TO turnover
FL foul
OF offensive foul — ends the possession
VIOL violation
JUMP jump ball
TM timeout
IR instant replay
HE heave at the buzzer, filed to the team
Where
Where a shot came from
the middle field of M3.LW.25
RM at the rim inside 4 ft
RC right corner
RW right wing
SO straight on
LW left wing
LC left corner
M3.LW.25 made 3, left wing, 25 ft
X2.RM.01 missed 2, at the rim, 1 ft
When
When it happened
the Offset column
one number per event, in the Events order:
whole seconds from the start of the
possession to that event
Events FL X3.RC.23 OR M2.RM.01
Offset 0 18 22 24
the foul opens the possession at 0s;
the putback ends it at 24s, which is
the possession's own Dur