The Suns head to the world’s most famous arena for their last stop on their three-game road trip.
Who: Phoenix Suns (35-42) @ New York Knicks (49-28)
When: 4:00 pm Arizona Time
Where: Madison Square Garden — New York, New York
Watch: Arizona’s Family 3TV / Arizona’s Family Sports
Listen: KMVP 98.7
The Phoenix Suns not only continue to lose but also in style. Friday’s 123-103 loss to the Boston Celtics was the latest case. The team’s fifth straight loss. Bradley Beal went 0-7 from the field and scored just one point in his first game back from injury. His latest stinker gave many in the media another chance to ridicule him for his play.
Bradley Beal is truly one of the best at scamming teams pic.twitter.com/ZaDjCJLsON
— NBA Memes (@NBAMemes) April 5, 2025
Jalen Brunson is expected to return for the Knicks tonight. When the two teams played in Phoenix earlier this season, the All-Star starter had 36 points and 10 assists on 7/11 shooting from three.
Similar to the Celtics, the Knicks prevent a tough matchup for the Suns with Kevin Durant out of the lineup because of their ability to space the floor with a dominant three-point shooting center. Karl Anthony-Towns did as much in the first matchup of the season, going for a 34-point double-double hitting three triples.
Nearly double-digit underdogs, the Suns will have their hands full once again on their last game of their three-game road trip and last game against the Eastern Conference of the regular season.
Probable Starters
Injury Report
Suns
Kevin Durant — OUT (Ankle)
Knicks
Mitchell Robinson — QUESTIONABLE (Ankle)
Jalen Brunson — ACTIVE (Ankle)
Miles McBride — OUT (Knee)
Ariel Hukporti — OUT (Knee)
Uniform Matchup
What to Watch For
With Brunson expected to play his first game in almost a month, it will be interesting to see how the Suns guard him. He’s a three-level scorer with a knack for getting to the free throw line and finding open teammates, which presents a tough matchup for any opponent.
After having potentially the worst game of his career, the way that Bradley Beal performs will be a hot topic.
“I was mentally kind of messing with myself,” Beal said after Friday’s game. “I’m past it now, hopefully I got that game out the way and know that I feel good, I can be explosive, I can score it a lot more than what I did.”
Key to a Suns Win
Devin Booker had one of his most iconic moments of his career at Madison Square Garden, hitting a game winning three over two defenders last season.
He actually has multiple game-winning shots at MSG, with another coming back in 2017.
It’s gonna take some Booker heroics not just at the end of the game, but throughout it for the Suns to pull off the upset today. His 37 points were not enough on Friday against the Celtics, more help from his teammates will likely be needed too.
Prediction
New York is coming into the game on short rest and traveling in from Atlanta after beating the Atlanta Hawks yesterday, and Brunson may be rusty in his return, but the Suns have shown a constant inability to not be able to capitalize on other team’s predicaments, give me the Knicks in a somewhat close one.
Knicks 112, Suns 106
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