Phoenix Suns Demolish Pistons As Curry-Less Warriors Mauled By Timberwolves

The best team in the NBA, Phoenix Suns continued their stellar form as they destroyed last place Detroit Pistons 135-108 on Sunday.

Devin Booker poured in a game-high 30 points before sitting out the final quarter, making 11 of 18 field goal attempts.

Teammates Cameron Payne and JaVale McGee each finished with 20 points in front of a crowd of 18,100 at Detroit’s Little Caesars Arena.

"I was just hitting shots and the guys were getting me the ball in good places.

"I never got to see the Pistons play in person very often, I grew up about two hours west of here, so I love coming here to play what was my favourite team growing up," said Michigan native Booker.

Landry Shamet added 11 points and Chris Paul chipped in 10 points with six rebounds and six assists for the Suns, who improved to 33-9 and have won six of their last seven contests. Mikal Bridges also scored 10 points in the win.

The Suns are also an NBA-best 16-4 on the road.

"We had two 39-point quarters, so we were obviously hitting shots. 

"Detroit wears teams out by getting into the paint and getting to the line, and we were able to stay away from a lot of that," Suns coach Monty Williams said.

In Denver, Donovan Mitchell scored 31 points, Rudy Gobert returned to the lineup with 18 points and 19 rebounds as the Utah Jazz beat the Denver Nuggets 125-102.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 21 points, Jordan Clarkson had 16, Royce O’Neale finished with 11 and Eric Paschall scored 10 for Utah, who won for the first time in five games.

Gobert missed the last five games because of Covid-19 measures.

Elsewhere, Karl-Anthony Towns finished with 26 points and 11 rebounds to lead the Minnesota Timberwolves to a 119-99 victory over the Golden State Warriors, who were missing injured star Stephen Curry.

Jaylen Nowell scored 17 points and Malik Beasley nailed five second-half three-pointers in the win.

Jordan Poole scored 20 points and Jonathan Kuminga had 19 points for the Warriors, who finished a four-game road trip.

Not only were they missing Curry with an injured right hand, but they also played without Draymond Green.

In Sacramento, Christian Wood posted his 20th double-double of the season as the Houston Rockets beat the host Sacramento Kings 118-112.

Wood had 23 points and 14 rebounds while Kevin Porter added 23 points and seven assists for the Rockets.