The Sacramento Kings defeated the Phoenix Suns 114-106

Sporty illustrated houseInside the Sun’s houseThe shorthanded only fall to the kingsThe Phoenix Suns, missing three starters, fell to the Sacramento Kings on Friday. DONNIE DRUIN 4 HOURS AGOIn this story:Phoenix SunsTHE SUNS OF THE PHOENIXPHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns fell to the Sacramento Kings in a 114-106 loss Friday night at Footprint Center, dropping them to 12-10 so far this year. Phoenix has lost four of its last five games.Without Kevin Durant, Grayson Allen or Bradley Beal due to injury, the Suns fielded a starting lineup of Devin Booker, Eric Gordon, Josh Okogie, Keita Bates-Diop and Jusuf Nurkic.As expected, Booker had 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Gordon was next with 19 points, while Nurkic had 15 and nine rebounds.

Sports Illustrated Home PageAt the SunsSuns reveal starters against Kings DANNIE DRUIN Suns reveal starters against Kings Under-equipped suns fall to kings The Phoenix Suns – who were missing three starters – lost Friday to the Sacramento Kings. DNNIE DRUIN 4 HOURS AGOIn this story:Phoenix Suns PHOENIX SUNS PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns dropped a 114-106 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Friday night at the Footprint Center, bringing them to 12-10 for the year so far. Phoenix has now lost four of its last five games.Without Kevin Durant, Grayson Allen or Bradley Beal due to injury, the Suns fielded a starting lineup of Devin Booker, Eric Gordon, Josh Okogie, Keita Bates-Diop and Jusuf Nurkic. As expected, Booker had 27 points, seven rebounds and seven assists. Gordon was next in scoring with 19, while Nurkic had 15 with nine rebounds.Phoenix (as expected) lacked Durant’s secondary skill, which couldn’t be replicated by Bates-Diop or Okogie, as the two combined for just five points that night. Okogie went 0-5 shooting from the field.It was a game full of lead changes for much of the night before Sacramento finally ran away with the score in the final minutes of action. Both teams had a double-digit lead that night.Kings guard De’Aaron Fox led the way for Sacramento’s third straight win over the Suns with 34 points, four rebounds and seven assists. This is Fox’s fourth outing with more than 30 points in its last six games.Before the game, Suns coach Frank Vogel spoke about Fox’s influence on the court in helping other teammates around him:The Suns are generally a good free throw team and have shot at an abysmal 65.2%. They were also outscored 50-40 on the glass. Phoenix returns to action Tuesday to face the Golden State Warriors.