Game ID: 22500088
Sacramento Kings @ Phoenix Suns
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM ET
Mortgage Matchup Center, Phoenix, AZ
Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
PHX 19 35 36 30 120SAC 29 42 21 24 116
PHX vs SAC ScoutingPHX vs SAC Scouting
Welcome to the scouting desk. The coffee is cold, the film is play-by-play, and somebody has to explain what happened.
Every game has a hinge — a stretch where it was decided, usually while everyone was watching something else. Start where the evidence lives: the Lineups' face-offs say which five actually won their minutes; the Possessions ledger says who ran ahead of the night's own pace; the Shot Chart says where the points really came from, which is rarely where the highlights were. When all three agree, that is the story. When they don't — that is why this desk has a chair.
PHX availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/24 · 1 day's rest
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/25 · back-to-back
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/27 · 1 day's rest
full strength
PHX availability going into 10/29 · 1 day's restNEW Allen 28 to 35 min over the last 4
SAC availability going into 10/22 · season opener
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/24 · 1 day's rest
full strength
SAC availability going into 10/26 · 1 day's restOUT Plowden missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Carter missed 2 since 10/22, returns tonight: 3 min (15% of 18)
OUT McDermott missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Stevens missed 2 since 10/22, out tonight
SAC availability going into 10/28 · 1 day's restOUT Raynaud missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
OUT Plowden missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Clifford missed 2 since 10/24, out tonight
OUT McDermott missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Stevens missed 3 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Carter back 10/26 after 2, 3 min since (15% of 18)
NEW LaVine 31 to 37 min over the last 3
NEW DeRozan 31 to 38 min over the last 3
NEW Schröder 26 to 33 min over the last 3
SAC availability going into 10/29 · back-to-backOUT Raynaud missed 3 since 10/24, out tonight
OUT Plowden missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Clifford missed 3 since 10/24, out tonight
OUT McDermott missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
OUT Stevens missed 4 since 10/22, out tonight
BACK Carter back 10/26 after 2, 6 min since (32% of 18)
NEW LaVine 31 to 37 min over the last 4
NEW DeRozan 31 to 37 min over the last 4
NEW Schröder 26 to 32 min over the last 4
10/22 vs SAC 120-116 — PHX notes
PHX won 120-116. PHX shot 47% (45 of 95) to SAC's 50%, 10 of 34 from three. The glass went 51-37 for them. Booker led with 31 (10 of 19, 1 of 3 from three, 10 of 15 at the line); Brooks added 22, Allen 18. The hinge was Q3, 36-21: the deficit went from 17 to 2. PHX trailed 54-71 at the half and won the second half 66-45. Williams was the night's best plus/minus at +15.
10/22 @ PHX 116-120 — SAC notes
SAC lost 116-120. SAC shot 50% (47 of 94) to PHX's 47%, 9 of 24 from three. The glass went 37-51 against them. LaVine led with 30 (13 of 24, 2 of 10 from three); DeRozan added 29, Monk 19. Q1 was theirs, 29-19, but the other 3 periods went 101-87 against them. They led by as many as 20. Monk's -9 in 27 minutes was the worst on the floor.
Who is who
the initials in the Players column
PHXCG C. Gillespie
DB D. Booker
DB D. Brooks
GA G. Allen
MW M. Williams
NH N. Hayes-Davis
NR N. Richards
OI O. Ighodaro
RD R. Dunn
RO R. O'Neale
SACDC D. Cardwell
DD D. DeRozan
DE D. Eubanks
DS D. Schröder
DŠ D. Šarić
KE K. Ellis
MM M. Monk
MR M. Raynaud
NC N. Clifford
RW R. Westbrook
SC Schroder
ZL Z. LaVine
PHX/SAC 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
END the clock ran out, ball in hand
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
Devin Booker scores 31 points, Suns overcome a 20-point deficit to beat Kings 120-116
PHOENIX -- — Devin Booker scored 31 points, Jordan Ott was victorious in his head coaching debut and the Phoenix Suns overcame a 20-point deficit to beat the Sacramento Kings 120-116 on Wednesday night.
Veteran guard Dillon Brooks added 22 points in his Suns debut and brought his usual swagger, irritating Kings star DeMar DeRozan with physical defense in the fourth quarter. Grayson Allen scored 18 points.
Booker — now in his 11th NBA season — made 10 of 19 shots and added five rebounds and five assists.
The Kings led by 17 points at halftime, but the Suns rallied to cut the deficit to 92-90 entering the fourth. Phoenix took its first lead of the second half when Royce O'Neale hit a 3-pointer with 10:31 left.
The Suns would push their advantage to 106-97 with 5:46 left, but the Kings scored the next seven points. Sacramento's Malik Monk hit a short jumper to tie it at 110 with 1:15 left.
Brooks was fouled while shooting a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession and made all three free throws to push the Suns ahead 113-110. They wouldn't trail again.
Zach LaVine led Sacramento with 30 points on 13-of-24 shooting. DeRozan added 29, and Monk had 19 off the bench. Nine-time All-Star guard Russell Westbrook — who signed with the Kings last week — finished with six points and six rebounds.
The Kings jumped to a 71-54 halftime lead after shooting 64.4% from the field. LaVine scored 22 points on 9-of-13 shooting, including a stepback 3-pointer with 2.2 seconds left before the break.
The Kings were playing without three-time All-Star Domantas Sabonis , who is out with a right hamstring strain.
The Suns were without projected starting guard Jalen Green (hamstring), who was acquired from the Rockets in the offseason in the trade for 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant .