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GREEN SHINES IN SUNS DEBUT<\/p>\n
Jalen Green made a triumphant season debut for the Phoenix Suns on Friday (all times AEDT), scoring 29 points in a dominant 115-102 NBA victory over the shorthanded Los Angeles Clippers.<\/p>\n
Green, a former number two overall draft pick acquired in the blockbuster off-season trade that sent Kevin Durant to the Houston Rockets, injured a hamstring in training camp and missed the Suns\u2019 first eight games.<\/p>\n
But the 23-year-old hit the ground running, connecting on 10-of-20 shots from the floor. His six 3-pointers set a record for a Suns debut.<\/p>\n
Green added three rebounds and three assists in 23 minutes on the floor. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt felt good to be back,\u201d a beaming Green said in an on-court interview. <\/p>\n
\u201cI was telling everybody on my team, I was like I couldn\u2019t even take my nap fully I was so anxious to get back on the floor.\u201d<\/p>\n
Phoenix Suns guard Jalen Green (4) celebrates a made 3-pointer against the Los Angeles Clippers during the second half of an NBA basketball game Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo\/Ross D. Franklin)Source: AP<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was a lot of hard work,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n
\u201cShout out to the training staff and everybody for working with me. I\u2019m happy to be back out there.\u201d Green said he\u2019s still working to get back to his best form.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re still working on it,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n
\u201cToday was a great step … It\u2019s a great city, great team and hopefully there\u2019s many more wins and many more records to break to come.\u201d <\/p>\n
Devin Booker added 24 points as the Suns, a disappointing 0-4 on the road, improved to 4-1 at home.<\/p>\n
The Suns, trailing by three after a tight first half in which the lead changed hands 11 times, exploded with 40 points in the third quarter, making their first eight shots of the period and pushing their lead to as many as 20.<\/p>\n
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They led by 14 going into the fourth and were up by 25 before Suns coach Jordan Ott pulled Green and Booker with 7:14 remaining.<\/p>\n
Ivica Zubac led the Clippers with 23 points and 11 rebounds, but the absence of Los Angeles\u2019 two top scorers, Kawhi Leonard and James Harden, was too much to overcome.<\/p>\n
Leonard sat out again with a sprained right ankle while Harden was absent for personal reasons.<\/p>\n
Clippers guard Bradley Beal was booed on his first return to Phoenix since the Suns bought out his contract and waived him at the end of last season.<\/p>\n
Beal, who spent two injury-plagued seasons in Phoenix, scored five points on two of 14 shooting, playing 19 minutes because of injury management.<\/p>\n
The Clippers will get another shot at the Suns on Sunday when they clash in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Champion NBA coach Erik Spoelstra\u2019s Miami home was engulfed in flames, as seen in local news broadcasts that…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":268173,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[557],"tags":[2095,5888,3979,64,63,111106,156385,1170,485,5670,2066,3912,156380,3897,11238,156390,156382,57554,800,156384,156383,2755,156394,104599,156392,40360,7220,65679,5669,1173,156381,1175,7216,156386,481,7236,5140,7223,1385,590,156393,2041,2067,3907,29169,7185,156389,156379,85,156378,156388,156387,2614,156391],"class_list":["post-268172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-america","tag-arizona","tag-associated-press","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-basketball-game","tag-blockbuster-off-season-trade","tag-bradley-beal","tag-california","tag-charlotte-hornets","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-colorado","tag-d-franklin","tag-denver","tag-draft-pick","tag-eight-year-contract-extension","tag-epic-trade-statement","tag-erik-spoelstra","tag-espn-inc","tag-fire-rages","tag-fire-rescue","tag-florida","tag-fourth-guarter-comeback","tag-horror-scenes","tag-house-burn","tag-house-fire","tag-houston-rockets","tag-injury-management","tag-jalen-green","tag-james-harden","tag-jordan-ott","tag-kawhi-leonard","tag-kevin-durant","tag-leonard-sat","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-clippers","tag-miami","tag-miami-heat","tag-michael-jordan","tag-nba","tag-news-broadcasts","tag-north-america","tag-northern-america","tag-nuggets","tag-phoenix","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-property-records","tag-reports-firefighters","tag-sports","tag-sprained-right-ankle","tag-suns-debut","tag-time-this-article","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-watches-house-burn"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268172\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Erik Spoelstra was spotted outside his home as the fire rages.Source: FOX SPORTSErik Spoelstra was spotted outside his home as the fire rages.Source: FOX SPORTSFirefighters work to extinguish the remains of a fire at a home owned by Miami Heat basketball coach Erik Spoelstra, Thursday, Nov. 6, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo\/Rebecca Blackwell)Source: FOX SPORTS<\/p>\n