Well, this ought to be a good one. The two former Net superstars, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, meet for the first time since they forced their way out of Brooklyn as the Dallas Mavericks host the Phoenix Suns on Sunday afternoon. Dallas comes in with a record of 33-31 while the Suns are 35-29. Dallas has taken two out of three from Phoenix this season, with the most recent win a 99-95 victory at Phoenix on January 26. Tipoff for this game is at 1:00 p.m. EST at American Airlines Center in Dallas.
Kevin Durant has played two games with the Suns since he was traded there before the trade deadline and both have been wins. The Suns beat the Hornets 106-91 in Charlotte on March 1 and then they followed that up with a 125-104 trouncing of the Bulls in Chicago on Friday. In that win over Chicago, Durant was but a role player, as he had a solid 20 points and 9 rebounds with 6 assists. The star of the game was Devin Booker who dropped 35 points with 6 threes. He also had 5 boards and 6 assists.
Kevin Durant's 1st 2 games with the Suns
23 PTS (67% FG), 6 REB, 2 BLK, W
20 PTS (70% FG), 9 REB, 6 AST, WKD also passed the BIG O for 13th place on the NBA's all-time scoring list with this bucketpic.twitter.com/y166vy7S2v
— Ballislife.com (@Ballislife) March 4, 2023
The Suns also got unexpected production from Josh Okogie, who had 25 points with 5 threes. Chris Paul added a double double with 11 points and 10 assists, along with 6 rebounds. The Suns are loaded for bear, as the saying goes, healthy and ready to make a deep playoff run. They are now 35-29, fourth in the Western Conference, 10 games behind first place Denver bit only three games back of the third place Kings.
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