{"id":539990,"date":"2026-03-23T06:52:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:52:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539990\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T06:52:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T06:52:09","slug":"as-collin-gillespie-closes-in-on-suns-record-his-efficiency-tells-the-deeper-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/539990\/","title":{"rendered":"As Collin Gillespie closes in on Suns\u2019 record, his efficiency tells the deeper story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 Sunday\u2019s win was a full team effort for the Phoenix Suns against the Toronto Raptors, and once again, Collin Gillespie\u2019s shooting played a major role in snapping a five-game skid.<\/p>\n<p>Now, he\u2019s even closer to cementing his name in the Suns\u2019 record books. The question is no longer if he\u2019s having a strong season \u2014 but whether this ranks among the best shooting seasons in franchise history.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b0fd4d4cd1ea88304a7b80ead2a0382d.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 31, 2025; Cleveland, Ohio, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Collin Gillespie (12) shoots a three point shot during the first half against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Arena. Mandatory Credit: David Dermer-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"386\" height=\"386\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5bd4fd8fc2c7e321a915320cbd1841b1.jpeg\"\/>*Get the BEST Phoenix sports insider information, and exclusive content. SIGN UP HERE to unlock our premium content!*Wendy Lopez is a reporter for Burn City Sports. You can follow her on her X account, @wlopezde<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 Sunday\u2019s win was a full team effort for the Phoenix Suns against the Toronto Raptors, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":539991,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[852,8174,158797,241737,13054,146321,355,6454,6415,241738,29972,99,2970,24],"class_list":["post-539990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-cavaliers","tag-collin-gillespie","tag-david-dermer-imagn","tag-donovan-mitchell","tag-mandatory-credit","tag-nba","tag-ohio","tag-phoenix-suns","tag-rcleveland-cavaliers","tag-rocket-arena","tag-sports","tag-toronto-raptors","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=539990"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/539990\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/539991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=539990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=539990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=539990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}