The NBA playoffs start on Saturday. The first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference have Boston against either Chicago or Miami, New York against Philadelphia, Milwaukee against Indiana and Cleveland against Orlando. In the Western Conference, the matchups are Oklahoma City against either New Orleans or Sacramento, Denver against the Los Angeles Lakers, Minnesota against Phoenix and the Los Angeles Clippers against Dallas. WESTERN CONFERENCE No. 3 MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES (56-26) vs. No. 6 PHOENIX SUNS (49-33) Season series: Suns, 3-0. Story line: Phoenix is the only West team to sweep the Ti ..read more

Former Suns All-Star and 1978 Rookie of the Year winner Walter Davis is going to be a Hall of Famer. The announcement came Saturday morning among the Final Four festivities in Phoenix. Also to be inducted this year are two icons from the 2000s era of basketball are headed to the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. Vince Carter wowed the basketball world with his high-flying dunks for more than two decades. Chauncey Billups was a clutch guard and Finals MVP for the Detroit Pistons. The 13-member class inducted Saturday includes former Lakers, Grizzlies and Warriors executive Jerry West, who was a ..read more

The NBA is finalizing plans to host the 2027 All-Star weekend in Phoenix, according to the Athletic. This will be the fourth time in history that the All-Star game is in Phoenix. Phoenix previously hosted in 1975, 1999, and 2009. All-Star weekend has expanded over the years and is nearly a week-long event now. The events that take place include the dunk contest, 3-point contest, skills competition, a celebrity All-Star game, and concerts. The NBA also added a 3-point competition between Stephen Curry and Sabrina Ionescu of the WNBA this year, which had wide support from fans. There's speculati ..read more

A new basketball team will take to the hardwood in the Valley later this year. The Phoenix Suns announced Wednesday they've acquired the rights to own an operate a NBA G League team. Bringing a G League team to Phoenix was one of my first priorities as owner, said Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury team owner Mat Ishbia. Adding a G League team creates another area for us to compete to be the best and will be a vital tool to help develop players and coaches. Just like the Suns and Mercury, our G League team will serve as a community asset and make a positive impact on and off the court. The team ..read more

Devin Booker is a 2024 NBA all star. The Suns' electric guard was named to his fourth NBA All-Star Game on Thursday. He was also an All-Star in 2020, 2021, and 2022. Booker also capped off a huge month of January by winning the NBA Western Conference Player of the month award. He averaged 30 points a game during the month, leading the Suns through a month where the team went 11-5 and had a seven-game win streak at one point. Elsewhere in the league, Kawhi Leonard and Paul George of the Los Angeles Clippers were chosen as All-Star reserves, while the Minnesota Timberwolves and New York Knicks a ..read more

The Phoenix Suns continue their long road trip Wednesday in Brooklyn. They'll face a Nets team that is hanging around the Eastern Conference playoff picture. You can catch the game on ABC15 with tipoff at 6:30 p.m. The Suns are in the middle of a seven-game, two-week-long road trip that takes them from Dallas to New York City with a handful of stops in between. Phoenix is 8-2 in their last 10 games, while the Nets are 3-7 over their last 10. Devin Booker has been on a historic hot streak the past few weeks scoring 62, 56, and 46 points during recent games. He cooled off a bit Monday against th ..read more

Phoenix Suns' Kevin Durant has been named an All-Star starter, his 14th time. It makes him one of only 11 players in NBA history to be picked that many times. Also named is LeBron James, who joined yet another exclusive club, and he'll have plenty of familiar faces alongside him at this season's NBA All-Star Game. James is now an All-Star and an All-Star starter for the 20th time, with the league unveiling the results of this season's starter balloting on Thursday night. James is the first 20-time All-Star in NBA history. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, whose career scoring record was broken by James las ..read more

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal injured his right ankle during the first quarter of Friday night's game against the New York Knicks and won't return, according to the team. It's another blow for the Suns' All-Star trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Beal, which has played together for just one other game this season, and that was in Wednesday night's loss to the Brooklyn Nets. The 30-year-old Beal took a 3-point shot in the first quarter, which he made, but he landed on the foot of New York's Donte DiVincenzo, who was called for a Flagrant 1 because he didn't allow Beal a space to land. Bea ..read more

Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was suspended indefinitely by the NBA on Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he hit Phoenix Suns center Jusuf Nurkic in the face and received a Flagrant 2 foul and ejection. The league announced the penalty handed down by operations chief Joe Dumars and said the suspension begins immediately. It's already Green's second suspension this season. He will be required to meet certain league and team conditions before he returns to play, the league said. The NBA noted that this outcome takes into account Greens repeated history of unsportsmanlike acts. Gr ..read more

Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal will be out for at least the next three weeks as he continues to recover from a low back strain that has kept him out for the majority of the season. The three-time All-Star has played in just three games this season, averaging 17.3 points and 5.3 rebounds. He was expected to play on Wednesday night against the Timberwolves, but he was a late scratch with his back issues. The team said Friday that the new injury timeline was determined following further evaluation and consultation. The Suns added he would be reevaluated after the three weeks. The Suns came into ..read more