The Golden State Warriors and Phoenix Suns are coping with a stocking-full-of-coal holiday season. Each has lost two in a row and four of six as they prepare for the first of a home-and-home set in Phoenix on Thursday. They will play Saturday in the Bay Area.

Gillespie is averaging a career-high 13 points and 4.8 assists to just 1.8 turnovers. Shooting 42.5% from 3, Gillespie has made his way into the starting lineup with Jalen Green playing just two games due to a hamstring injury.

Suns rookie Khaman Maluach finished with another double-double on Monday, helping lead the Valley Suns in a loss to the Salt Lake City Stars.

PHOENIX (AZFamily/AP) — The Phoenix Suns have an additional game on their schedule after they were eliminated from the Emirates NBA Cup on Wednesday by the Oklahoma City Thunder. Phoenix will now play the Los Angeles Lakers in a regular-season game at Mortgage Matchup Center at 6 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 14.

The Phoenix Suns are 1-2 without star guard Devin Booker, who has missed their past three games with a right groin strain.

Phoenix Suns on the road after an NBA Cup elimination. Despite injuries, the Suns, led by Dillon Brooks and coaching, have been competitive. The Lakers, coming off a defensive lapse, will rely on Luka Doncic and LeBron James against a tenacious Phoenix squad.

The Houston Dynamo's new chief marketing officer is returning to his hometown after spending more than seven years with the Phoenix Suns.

LeBron James—who missed two games with the Lakers due to injury—broke the record for most minutes played in the NBA during the team's Dec. 19 game against the Sacramento Kings.