Deadspin | Suns finish strong, continue woeful Nets' spiral

[ad_1] Jan 27, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns ahead Dillon Brooks (3) shoots the ball in opposition to Brooklyn Nets guard Terance Mann (14) within the first half at Mortgage Matchup Middle. Necessary Credit score: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Photos Mark Williams scored a season-high 27 factors, Dillon Brooks added 26 factors and the host Phoenix Suns held off Brooklyn 106-102 on Tuesday, sending the Nets to their sixth straight loss.

Grayson Allen scored 14 of his 18 factors within the second half, and his driving layup with 12 seconds capped a game-ending 10-2 Phoenix run.

Michael Porter Jr. scored a season-high 36 factors and made six 3-pointers and Egor Demin scored 15 for the Nets, who overcame a 12-point first-half deficit and led 100-96 on Porter's three with 3:33 left.

Benches cleared with 1:14 remaining and the Suns main 104-102, when Demin pushed Brooks throughout a scramble for a unfastened ball below the Nets' basket. The Suns' Royce O'Neale and the Nets' Terance Mann needed to be separated.

After a prolonged official evaluate, Demin, Mann, Porter, O'Neale and Allen got technical fouls.

Allen missed the following free throw and Demin missed a desperation 3-pointer with 35 seconds remaining. Allen scored on the Suns' subsequent possession, and Porter missed a 3-pointer within the last seconds.

Williams was 13 of 15 from the sector because the Suns scored 72 factors within the paint.

Porter had his twelfth 30-point sport, and he and Demin made two 3-pointers apiece within the fourth quarter when the Nets outscored the Suns 27-24.

Cam Tomas and Ziaire Williams had 11 factors apiece for the Nets, who've misplaced 11 of their final 12 and have been coming off a 37-point loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday.

The short-handed Suns broke a brief two-game shedding streak whereas enjoying with out beginning guards Devin Booker and Collin Gillespie. The Suns are 2-4 when Booker doesn't play.

Brooks was assessed a Flagrant 1 foul for placing Nic Claxton within the groin whereas reaching for a unfastened ball at 7:01 of the primary quarter. The play was upgraded after an official evaluate. A participant faces a one-game suspension after receiving 4 flagrant fouls.

Brooks was known as for his fifteenth technical foul of the season later within the first half, when he and Demin grew to become tangled below the Suns' basket. Demin was known as for a private foul. A participant receives a compulsory one-game suspension after his sixteenth technical foul.