Duane Rankin: Devin Booker on returning to Portland where he became Suns all-time leading scorer last season, what was addressed after blowing 22-point, fourth-quarter lead in Sunday's loss to Hawks and now playing with Dillon Brooks, who went to college at Oregon. On historic game: "(Blazers fans) gave me an ovation. Definitely didn't have to with being a road player, but there's actually a lot of Suns fans here usually, too." On what was learned from Hawks loss: "We still have to continue to play with pace regardless if we're up. I think we tried to slow it down a little bit while they were playing desperation basketball. Can't have any live ball turnovers, closing out possessions and getting rebounds." On playing with Brooks: "Deal with all his stuff (laughs), but it's definitely nice having him on this side. A high character individual, too, outside of what everybody will say. An extremely hard worker. It's contagious. He sets the tone a lot of the nights. It starts with him and it goes all the way throughout our team." #Suns #RipCity

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