Bradley Beal and Durant both made their return for Tuesday’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers (10-7) at Footprint Center in NBA Cup West Group B play. The team's leading scorer at 27.6 points a game, Durant hit his first shot, 3-pointer, to begin a 23-point night in the Suns' 127-100 win to snap a five-game losing skid.

Kevin Durant had not played in 18 days, a stretch in which the Phoenix Suns won one game in seven tries, falling from the top of the Western Conference to the middle. Teammate Bradley Beal had not played in nearly as long,