New York Knicks vs Phoenix Suns Final Score & Over/Under Result — Jan 9, 2026

Devin Booker's 31 points and 8 assists carried Phoenix past New York in a second-half collapse that sent the combined total well under the market. The Suns won 112–107, combining for just 219 points against a 229.5 pregame line—a 10.5-point miss to the downside that DAGGER called pregame with an UNDER lean.

The game's trajectory told the story. A frenzied second quarter saw both teams combine for 71 points, the game's highest-scoring stretch, as New York's Jalen Brunson (27 pts, 5 ast) and Karl-Anthony Towns (15 pts, 12 reb) led the Knicks to a 37-point quarter. Phoenix answered with 34 in the half's opening frame, setting up a 122-point first half. But the second half was a different animal: the teams combined for just 97 points across two quarters, with Q4 yielding only 39 combined—a withering 18 from Phoenix and 21 from New York. Dillon Brooks added 27 points for the Suns while Miles McBride chipped in 17 for the visitors.

The pace simply evaporated after halftime. Phoenix's recent form—114.1 points per game over its last ten—proved predictive, as did New York's defensive issues (122.1 allowed per game). The Suns' defensive tightening in the final 24 minutes, anchored by Booker's efficient scoring and Brooks' complementary output, collapsed the total.