Jalen Williams wasn't the only Thunder starter who commented on Devin Booker and Lu Dort, as Thunder All-Star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander also addressed Booker after Friday’s win.

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.

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander addresses Devin Booker's confrontation with Lu Dort in the first half of Friday's win.

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.

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.

The Phoenix Suns (9-3) play the third of their four-game road trip at the Oklahoma City Thunder (10-2) on Friday.

After a two-week hiatus owing to a calf injury, Devin Booker made Suns’ franchise history against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the Footprint Center on Wednesday night.