Phoenix Suns hold off Charlotte Hornets 101-96 as Devin Booker scores 30 in Miles Bridges’ first game against his former team

Devin Booker scored 30 points with seven assists and three steals, and the Phoenix Suns held off the Charlotte Hornets 101-96 at Mortgage Matchup Center on Thursday, November 12. It was Booker’s fifth 30-point game of the season. Phoenix has won four of five after a 1-5 start and is 5-6. Charlotte fell to 4-8.

Booker shot 12-of-20 from the field and 4-of-8 from three in 35 minutes. Miles Bridges, playing Charlotte for the first time since the Hornets traded him to Phoenix in the deal that sent Grayson Allen and Royce O’Neale the other way, had 11 points and six rebounds.

Book's fifth 30-ball this season 🔥 pic.twitter.com/DEkmIWvOey

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) November 13, 2026

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How it turned

Booker scored 13 points in the first quarter as Phoenix led 28-22, and a Bridges layup capped a 15-4 run that made it 48-31 in the second. Charlotte cut it to 55-50 by halftime, then won the third quarter 26-17 to lead 76-72. Coby White scored 10 points in that quarter and rookie Christian Anderson hit two threes.

Luke Kennard scored six points in a 6-0 Phoenix run that made it 85-79 midway through the fourth. Charlotte got within 87-86, but Booker hit a fadeaway and Dillon Brooks a step-back three to make it 92-86 with 3:40 left. With 23.8 seconds to go, Booker’s step-back three from 28 feet put Phoenix up 97-91.

DEVIN. ARMANI. BOOKER. pic.twitter.com/klZzM1kwqV

— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) November 13, 2026

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O’Neale answered with a four-point play to make it 97-95. Bridges made two free throws with 18.4 seconds left, and Booker stole a Grayson Allen pass and made two more with 11.1 seconds left to finish it.

Phoenix had 11 steals and scored 38 points off Charlotte’s 25 turnovers. The Hornets outrebounded the Suns 52-31, with 15 offensive rebounds, but could not make up for the giveaways. Brooks scored 15, Collin Gillespie 13 and Jalen Green 12, and Oso Ighodaro had seven assists.

Charlotte’s side

White scored a season-high 21 points on 8-of-16 shooting in 20 minutes, in his fifth game back from a left calf strain. Naz Reid had 16 points and eight rebounds on 6-of-18 shooting, Allen added 14 points and six assists, and Anderson scored a career-high 13 off the bench. Moussa Diabaté had 13 rebounds, eight of them offensive. Charlotte played without Kon Knueppel and Dennis Schröder, both out with hamstring injuries, and Brandon Miller (groin).

coby with a cleeean 3 🧼@CobyWhite | @Lowes pic.twitter.com/fazmJxvG7G

— Charlotte Hornets (@hornets) November 13, 2026

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Up next

The Suns host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday, November 15, at 4 p.m. ET (11 p.m. Cairo time). The Hornets visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday at 4:30 p.m. ET (11:30 p.m. Cairo time).

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