Devin Booker scores 43 on 17-of-25 as a 45-point Suns third quarter drops the Curry-less Warriors to 0-3
Booker scored 17 in the third, 12 of them in the final 2:55, after Charles Bassey's floater gave Golden State its last lead at 73-71. Curry, Green, Horford, Podziemski and Porzingis all sat.
Photo: ESPN. Devin Booker, Phoenix Suns guard, official player headshot.
The Suns beat the Warriors 131-122 on Saturday night at Mortgage Matchup Center behind 43 points from Devin Booker on 17-of-25 shooting. Phoenix scored 45 in the third quarter, and Golden State fell to 0-3 with Stephen Curry, Draymond Green, Al Horford, Brandin Podziemski and Kristaps Porzingis all out, per the ESPN box score and injury report.
The third quarter, in two halves
Phoenix led 57-54 at halftime, per the ESPN line score. The first half of the third went to Golden State's bench. Charles Bassey scored seven straight Warriors points in under a minute, a three-point play at 7:01 and back-to-back floaters at 6:43 and 6:12, and the second floater put Golden State up 73-71, per ESPN play-by-play.
That was the last Warriors lead. Collin Gillespie scored eight points in 72 seconds, a layup and two threes between 4:52 and 3:40. De'Anthony Melton kept answering, with a three at 3:23 and another at 2:37 that cut it to 87-86. Then Booker took the quarter. He scored 12 points in the final 2:55: a pull-up, an and-one layup, a 26-foot three at 1:04 and a 27-foot running pull-up with a technical free throw at 36.4 seconds. Jordan Goodwin hit a three with 2.0 seconds left, and Phoenix went to the fourth up 102-92.
Booker scored 17 of his 43 in the third, by a count of ESPN's play-by-play. The Suns scored 45 in the quarter and the Warriors scored 38, per the line score.
Booker's line
Booker made 17 of 25 shots, 2 of 7 from three and 7 of 8 free throws, with seven rebounds, seven assists and four turnovers in 36 minutes, per the ESPN box score. Fifteen of his 17 field goals came inside the arc. He scored 10 in the first quarter, 9 in the second and 7 in the fourth.
He closed it too. After Golden State got within 126-119 on two Graham Ike free throws with 2:29 left, Booker hit a 19-foot pull-up at 1:43 and an 11-footer at 1:06, per the play-by-play. Phoenix led by as many as 16, at 118-102 with 6:07 to go.
The rest of the Suns shot well around him. Phoenix made 50 of 86 from the field, 58%, and had 33 assists, per ESPN. Gillespie had 11 points and nine assists off the bench. Miles Bridges scored 16, Dillon Brooks 15 and Jalen Green 12. Luke Kennard went 3 of 5 from three for 11. Rookie center Khaman Maluach had nine points and nine rebounds as a starter. Phoenix played without Mark Williams (shoulder surgery) and Oso Ighodaro (oblique strain), per ESPN's injury report.
What Golden State had left
ESPN listed Curry out for rest, Green, Horford and Podziemski out with back issues, and Porzingis out with an illness. That left a starting five of Graham Ike, Gui Santos, Yaxel Lendeborg, Brandon Williams and Will Richard, per the box score.
Lendeborg scored 26 with six threes on 11 attempts and nine rebounds. Melton scored 25 off the bench on 8-of-13, with three steals. Williams scored 20, 8 of them at the line. Bassey went 4 of 4 for 10 points with seven rebounds and two blocks in 13 minutes. Ike had 12 and 10, five of the rebounds on the offensive glass.
The Warriors made 17 of 39 threes, 44%, and grabbed 19 offensive rebounds to Phoenix's 9, per ESPN. They still lost by nine. The Suns made 50 field goals to Golden State's 41 and assisted on 33 of them. The Warriors also left points at the line, shooting 23 of 32. Draymond Green and Podziemski appear on the box score as did-not-play, and neither Curry nor Horford logged a minute.
Three games, three losses
Golden State opened 127-105 at the Lakers, then lost 111-108 to Memphis on Friday, a game The Dyme covered here, per ESPN's schedule results. Saturday's loss was the second half of a back-to-back. The Warriors are at Denver on Monday, per ESPN's schedule.
Phoenix is 1-1 after a 124-83 loss at Portland in its opener, per ESPN. The Suns play at Oklahoma City on Monday.
Sources: ESPN box score, play-by-play and injury report, Suns 131, Warriors 122 (Oct. 24, 2026) · ESPN Warriors schedule · ESPN Suns schedule
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