Suns Vs Hawks Live Updates: Phoenix Faces Atlanta In Key Road Test

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Welcome to our unrecorded sum of nan Phoenix Suns' Friday nighttime roadworthy trial against nan Atlanta Hawks! Follow on beneath for updates passim nan nighttime arsenic Devin Booker is successful hunt of his first triumph successful Atlanta:

Pre-Game Reading

The Suns haven't won successful Atlanta since 2014, though Phoenix appears to beryllium good group up to do so. The Suns person a 55% chance to triumph against nan Hawks, according to ESPN's analytics.

Jalen Green is backmost successful nan Suns' lineup and fresh to rotation pursuing his return from a hamstring strain that's kept him sidelined for astir each crippled this season. After scoring 12 points successful 20 minutes coming disconnected nan bench, we'll spot really Green responds to his 2nd crippled healthy.

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This will beryllium nan past of a six-game roadworthy travel for Phoenix earlier nan return backmost to nan friends walls of Mortgage Matchup Center, though caput coach Jordan Ott says this travel has been beneficial for nan Suns.

"I conscionable deliberation we conscionable proceed to get better. Even erstwhile it doesn't consciousness great, we find ways to win. We're implementing a large portion connected nan alert present and I thought moreover though nan extremity of nan crippled didn't consciousness great, but we'll study from that," Ott added aft their triumph complete nan 76ers earlier this week.

The Suns' defense will person to beryllium up to task tonight, arsenic nan Hawks lead nan NBA successful assists per nighttime pinch 31. Atlanta's besides apical 5 successful squad categories specified arsenic steals (9.5) and full three-pointers made (669).

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Phoenix is 3rd successful steals per nighttime astatine 10.2 and are a top-five squad successful position of points allowed astatine 111.8 per game.

As mentioned above, Devin Booker's successful hopes of snagging his first triumph successful Atlanta, arsenic nan Suns haven't hit nan Hawks connected nan roadworthy since March of 2014.

“It’s nan past 1 to people disconnected nan list,” Booker said (h/t Duane Rankin, Arizona Republic). “I’ve been successful nan NBA excessively agelong to not person a triumph successful each arena. Definitely 1 I’ve had highlighted. So I’m looking guardant to it.”

Opening extremity coming betwixt nan Suns and Hawks is group for 5:30 PM MST astatine State Farm Arena.