OKLAHOMA CITY – Devin Booker isn’t the only reason Oklahoma City dominated the Phoenix Suns, 99-83, Friday night at Paycom Center. He’s the most alarming one. Booker went scoreless in the first half as the Suns trailed, 48-36 at the break.

The shorthanded Phoenix Suns are going to be stuck in the mud until Devin Booker can lift them out of it and he wasn't capable of doing so in Friday's 99-83 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Devin Booker looked better in leading the Phoenix Suns past the Utah Jazz, 120-112, in NBA Cup West Group B play at Delta Center. Scoring a game-high 31 points, Booker may just be over his illness that left him battling fatigue in Sunday’s overtime loss to the Sacramento Kings. He went 5-of-9 from 3.

PHOENIX -- The Phoenix Suns moved to 9-2 on the season with a victory over the Utah Jazz in the opening game of group play in NBA Cup action. A massive part of the 120-112 victory was star SG Devin Booker finding his groove once again after spending the beginning of the month in something of a slump.

The Suns are one of the NBA's best teams early on because of how well Tyus Jones has fit in next to Kevin Durant and Devin Booker.

Devin Booker spoke after Wednesday's blowout loss to the Kings about how he and the Suns could be better going forward.