Phx Suns Recap and Notes

Williams is not listed on the injury report ahead of Monday’s game against the Jazz.

Williams missed Saturday’s game, which was the second half of a back-to-back set, due to a right knee issue, as he will be load-managed throughout the season. He will return to action Monday against Utah. In two appearances, Williams has averaged 4.0 points, 8.5 rebounds and 1.0 blocks in 19.0 minutes per contest.

Brooks (groin) is listed as questionable for Monday’s matchup against the Jazz.

Brooks is in jeopardy of missing his first game this season due to right groin soreness. If the 29-year-old forward is unable to play, Royce O’Neale and Nigel Hayes-Davis are candidates for increased minutes. Over three regular-season appearances, Brooks has averaged 19.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.3 assists in 30.3 minutes per contest.

Green (hamstring) is out for Monday’s game against the Jazz, Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic reports.

Green will remain sidelined due to a right hamstring strain. Grayson Allen will continue to see high usage in Green’s absence. Green’s next chance to debut comes Wednesday against the Grizzlies.

Brooks chipped in 15 points (6-18 FG, 3-13 3Pt), three rebounds, two assists, one block and four steals over 31 minutes during Saturday’s 133-111 loss to the Nuggets.

The 29-year-old wing has been flashing his defensive skills to begin his tenure with the Suns, recording multiple steals — and eight in total — in his first three games of the season. Brooks has also been more involved in the offense than usual while the team waits for Jalen Green (hamstring) to get healthy, attempting double-digit three-pointers in back-to-back contests and averaging 19.3 points and 3.0 threes so far.

Allen provided 17 points (6-12 FG, 5-10 3Pt), four rebounds, five assists and one steal in 33 minutes during Saturday’s 133-111 loss to the Nuggets.

With Jalen Green (hamstring) yet to make his Suns debut, Allen got his third straight start to begin the season and once again provided solid secondary scoring behind Devin Booker. Allen’s usage will decline once Green gets healthy, but at the moment he’s filling a key role in the offense, averaging what would be a career-high 12.0 field-goal attempts and 8.7 three-point attempts per game, en route to 15.7 points, 5.7 assists and 3.7 threes per contest.

Booker amassed 31 points (10-16 FG, 2-5 3Pt, 9-9 FT), three rebounds and seven assists in 37 minutes during Saturday’s 133-111 loss to the Nuggets.

It’s the second time in three games to begin the season that Booker has dropped 31 points. The 28-year-old guard is seeing sky-high usage in the early going on a Suns roster that got stripped of established offensive talent in the offseason, and much of his production so far has come at the charity stripe — Booker’s averaging 10.3 free-throw attempts, a huge bump from the 6.4 he averaged in 2024-25.