LeVert scorches Suns in road trip opener
Scores 26 points as Brooklyn plays brilliantly on both ends of floor
With the two top teams in the Western Conference standings looming on their four-game road trip, the Brooklyn Nets made sure to take care of business against one of the worst teams in the NBA on Tuesday night.
Caris LeVert spearheaded the Nets’ most dominant performance of the year with a game-high 26 points as Brooklyn took command by halftime and never looked back en route to a 104-82 thumping of the hapless Phoenix Suns in front of 14,205 fans at Talking Stick Resort Arena.
Brooklyn, which closed out a three-game homestand with Sunday’s 122-97 rout of Philadelphia, kept the pedal to the metal against the Suns, limiting Phoenix to the second-lowest point total in the league this season.