Game Recap: Booker drops 30 as Suns secure win over Magic, 117-104

It was a much-needed victory for the Suns tonight as they improved to 2-5 on the season.

Phoenix spotted Orlando an early lead, then took the game over with its defense and its shooting. The Suns beat a short-handed Magic team without Paolo Banchero, Jalen Suggs and Jonathan Isaac, 117-104, to improve to 2-5. Phoenix was short Mark Williams, Jordan Goodwin, and Rasheer Fleming.

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Orlando outrebounded Phoenix by 15 and got to the line 11 more times, but the Magic turned it over 25 times, and the Suns hit 17 threes. A 23-point lead after three quarters was more than enough to survive a late Orlando push.

Devin Booker: 30 points (11-of-22 FG, 4-of-8 3PT, 4-of-4 FT), 8 assists, 3 steals, +16 in 34 minutes

Dillon Brooks: 24 points (9-of-16 FG, 4-of-6 3PT), 2 steals, +12 in 29 minutes

Miles Bridges: 18 points (6-of-10 FG, 3-of-6 3PT), 13 rebounds, 5 assists, +12 in 31 minutes

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Game Flow

First Half

Orlando came out firing. The Magic got whatever they wanted early and jumped out to a 14-8 lead.

Then the Suns started taking the ball away. Orlando turned it over nine times in the quarter, and Phoenix turned those mistakes into 13 points, mostly in transition. Anthony Black had four of those giveaways by himself.

Devin Booker played all 12 minutes and set the tone with 12 points, hitting a pair of threes and going perfect at the line. The Suns hit five threes as a team to Orlando’s three, which covered for getting outworked on the glass and in the paint.

The bench changed the game. Ryan Dunn, Collin Gillespie and Man Man all finished the quarter on the plus side, and Phoenix pushed the lead to nine before Orlando got the last bucket to cut it to seven entering Q2.

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Phoenix led after the first quarter, 33-26.

Luke Kennard owned the second quarter. He came off the bench and went 3-for-3 from deep for 12 points, giving Phoenix a second scorer while Orlando keyed in on Booker.

Booker kept cooking anyway. He added 11 more in the quarter on efficient shooting and went into the locker room with 23.

Orlando stayed close by crashing the glass and living at the line. The Magic grabbed nine offensive rebounds in…

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