Kevin Durant delivered a vintage performance against the Detroit Pistons, helping the Suns win 125-121 at Little Caesars Arena on Saturday.

The Phoenix Suns will face the Detroit Pistons on January 18, 2025, without star forward Kevin Durant, who is out with an illness. Sitting at 20-20, the Suns aim to maintain competitiveness in the Western Conference.

The Detroit Pistons couldn’t complain about their defensive performance throughout the first 24 minutes against Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant on Saturday night

Check azcentral for live updates of scores, highlights, and statistics during the Suns-Pistons game. Durant catches fire, drives Suns in 3rd quarter. Kevin Durant found his rhythm

This game marked the Suns debut for Nick Richards after he was acquired from the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday. Richards came off the bench and made a huge impact with 21 points on 7-of-8 shooting, 11 rebounds and was a team-high plus-22 in 30 minutes.

It was one of the most festive atmosphere of the year, with half of Little Caesars Arena wearing Honolulu Blue. They fell to the Suns, 125-121, to suffer their second-straight loss and fall back to .

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Detroit has already won eight more games than it did all of last season thanks to Cade Cunningham's star turn and other improvements.

It didn’t Sunday afternoon, when Durant shook off an ugly first half to close out the Detroit Pistons on the road — scoring 30 of his game-high 36 points in the final 24 minutes, with seven rebounds, five assists, three blocks and two steals.