INDIANAPOLIS – The losing continues for the Phoenix Suns. With Suns' team owner Mat Ishbia present, the short-handed Suns dropped their fourth straight game, 126-108, Saturday to the Indiana Pacers before a sellout crowd of 17,274 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.

INDIANAPOLIS — A day after Charles Barkley said the Phoenix Suns “stink,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith called them “soft” based on what the “NBA people” are saying as he put it.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Phoenix Suns star guard Bradley Beal is upgraded to available for Saturday's game against Indiana to begin a three-game road trip after being listed questionable with a left hip ...

“It’s not like we’re not aggressive or that we’re not physical, either,” Suns star Kevin Durant said. “We just can’t get into a shoving match because they want to get into a shoving match. Just keep playing our game.”

Senior sports photographer Walt Thomas was on the scene for the NBA game between the Phoenix Suns and the Indiana Pacers on Jan. 4., 2025.

Tyrese Haliburton scored 27 points and Myles Turner added 20 points, six rebounds and three blocks, leading the Indiana Pacers past the Phoenix Suns 126-108. Haliburton also had eight assists

Royce O'Neale is the only player listed on the Suns injury report for Monday's game. He's in Phoenix with a left ankle sprain scheduled for a re-evaluation later this week. Jones is returning after he and rookie big Oso Ighodaro missed Saturdays' game with an illness.

INDIANAPOLIS – Teams have certainly tested the Phoenix Suns this season by playing aggressively and with physicality. This isn’t a one-sided deal, though. “It’s not like we’re not ...