INSANE: The suns big three is a work in progress after debut | Vintage Vibes

Over a quarter of a way into the season, the Suns’ trio of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal finally made its debut Wednesday in a 116–112 loss to the Nets. Here are three takeaways from the first night of the Durant-Booker-Beal experiment.

1. The star stagger was staggering. To get a sense of Phoenix’s top-loaded roster, with its three stars available, the minute totals were still very high. Durant played 38, Booker played 40, and Beal played 34—the latter two doing so on the second night of a back-to-back and, in Beal’s case, on just his second game back from a back injury. In the 19 minutes the three stars played together, the Suns were a whopping plus-12, with a 23.6 net rating. That’s great! The issue for Phoenix is it was a minus-20 in the eight minutes Booker was off the floor.