The Suns led by as many as 25 points in the first half. The Kings (5-14) pulled within eight points in the third quarter and fourth quarter, but Phoenix answered their latest surge with an 8-0 run to take a 102-86 lead with 5:53 left in the game.

The last time these two teams met up, Jalen Williams rattled the rim with a slam that tore ligaments in his wrist this past April playing out the stretch of the