The Phoenix Suns faced the Golden State Warriors without key defensive player Dillon Brooks and ultimately fell on Tuesday, but one incident caught a lot of attention. Despite missing the game, Brooks remained invested in his team’s performance, which ultimately led to him being assessed a technical foul in the final three minutes, allowing the game to slip out of reach. Afterward, the forward reportedly delivered a message to the locker room.

The intensity spilled over in the fourth. After Devin Booker mounted a massive comeback in the second half, the Warriors fell from a double-digit lead at the halftime break, leading by just nine points with less than three minutes remaining. Brooks, annoyed with a call, animatedly shouted at the officials during Stephen Curry’s free throws, promptin

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