Watch: Devin Booker scores 43 on 17-of-25 shooting as the Suns beat the short-handed Warriors 131-122
WhyNBA Sports Desk · Oct 25, 2026
The story
The Phoenix Suns beat the Golden State Warriors 131-122 on Saturday, October 24, at Mortgage Matchup Center, and Devin Booker carried the night with 43 points on 17-of-25 shooting, seven rebounds and seven assists.
The story
The Suns said no player in franchise history had scored more in a home opener. Phoenix took a 57-54 lead into halftime, then poured in 45 points in the third quarter to go up 102-92.
The story
Golden State, playing without Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Brandin Podziemski and Al Horford, got 26 from Yaxel Lendeborg and 25 off the bench from De'Anthony Melton, but never led by more than seven. These seven clips follow the game from Booker's fast start to the final horn.
The story
Every number is in the Game Center.
Booker has 10 before the first quarter is half over
A contested jumper and then a run-out dunk told everyone how the night would go. Booker attacked early instead of waiting for the game to come to him, which is exactly what a team coming off a lopsided opening loss needed from its leader.
Luke Kennard's first basket as a Sun
Kennard missed the opener with left knee tendinopathy and was cleared just before this one. He finished with 11 points on 3-of-5 from deep and a plus-15 in 18 minutes, the kind of bench shooting Phoenix lacked in game one.
Collin Gillespie lobs, Miles Bridges finishes
Gillespie ran the second unit with nine assists, and this alley-oop to Bridges was the prettiest of them. Phoenix ended with 33 assists to Golden State's 24 and made 36 of 49 two-point tries.
Jalen Green throws it down
Green's slam came in the middle of the stretch that broke the game open. The Suns outscored the Warriors 45-38 in the third quarter and turned a three-point halftime edge into a 10-point cushion.
Back-to-back threes and Booker reaches 36
Booker had been living in the midrange, so two straight pull-ups from deep were the heat check that pushed him to 36. He made only two threes all night, and both came here, when Golden State was still trying to hang around.
Ryan Dunn's chasedown block
Dunn played under 13 minutes, but this sprint-back rejection was one of his two blocks and a reminder of why Phoenix values his defense. Stops like this kept the Warriors from turning a late push into a real threat.
The final horn in Phoenix
The first home win of the season drew a loud building and a long night for Golden State, which dropped to 0-3. Booker's 43 came in just over 36 minutes.
What comes next
The Suns visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Monday, October 26, at 8:00 pm ET (Game Center). The Warriors are at the Denver Nuggets the same night at 10:00 pm ET (Game Center). For the full story of Booker's night, read our game report.
Photo credit
File photo (November 2016): Devin Booker with Phoenix at Washington. Keith Allison · CC BY-SA 2.0. Cropped and resized.
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