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The Phoenix Suns concluded a three-game homestand with a 111-99 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on March 8 before a sellout crowd of 17.071 at Mortgage Matchup Center.<\/p>\n
Devin Booker, Jalen Green and Collin Gillespie combined for 78 points while rookie Rasheer Fleming added a career-high 16 points, going 4-of-6 from 3 off the bench in the comeback win.<\/p>\n
Booker scored a game-high 30 points while Gillespie and Green each went for 24 points.<\/p>\n
Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Phoenix (37-27) trailed 22-14 in the first quarter as Charlotte started 9-of-11 from the field.<\/p>\n The Hornets (32-33) ended the game shooting just 42% from the field (37-of-88). LaMelo Ball paced Charlotte with 22 points.<\/p>\n The Suns surpassed the number of victories they had a season ago with a Big 3 of Devin Booker, Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal.<\/p>\n “It’s a whole different team, coaching staff,\u201d Suns forward Royce O\u2019Neale said. \u201cA different style of play that we’re playing offensively and defensively. New group of guys coming together.\u201d<\/p>\n \n The Suns topped Charlotte without Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture), Grayson Allen (right knee injury management), Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction).<\/p>\n Allen was previously listed as probable after the morning shootaround on March 8. <\/p>\n He posted 12 points, eight assists, four steals and two rebounds in Friday’s win over New Orleans, but he appeared to be laboring in the second half. <\/p>\n \n One of the game’s best perimeter shooters, Allen is averaging a career-high 17.5 points in his third season in Phoenix.<\/p>\n Going into the game, Charlotte had won 16 of its last 20 games after a 16-28 start to the season.<\/p>\n The Hornets were without Tidjane Sala\u00fcn (left calf strain).<\/p>\n This was the first of two matchups between the Suns and Hornets. They’ll meet again on April 2 in Charlotte.<\/p>\n \n Jalen Green scored 20 first-half points as the Phoenix Suns led, 60-58, at halftime.<\/p>\n Shooting 7-of-11 from the field, Green is 4-of-7 from 3. He was grabbing at his left elbow late in the first half, but appears fine warming up before the second half.<\/p>\n Devin Booker has 14 points, going 10-of-10 from the line. As a team, Charlotte is 7-of-12 from the line.<\/p>\n Brandon Miller leads the Hornets with 11 points. Charlotte started the game 9-of-11 from the field.<\/p>\n They’ve since gone 12-of-37.<\/p>\n Have opinions about the current state of the\u00a0Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at\u00a0dmrankin@gannett.com\u00a0or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at\u00a0@DuaneRankin<\/em>.<\/p>\n Support local journalism: Subscribe to\u00a0azcentral.com\u00a0today<\/em>.<\/p>\n This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns get defensive, run past Charlotte Hornets<\/em><\/p>\n <\/img><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Phoenix Suns concluded a three-game homestand with a 111-99 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on March 8 before a sellout crowd of 17.071 at Mortgage Matchup Center. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1316,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1316"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parkmania.pl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}} <\/p>\n
<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/p>\nGreen hot, Suns up 60-58 at half<\/h2>\n