Brooks battled foul trouble against the Lakers. He finished with 18 points — 11 coming in the fourth quarter — in 24 minutes. Booker called his new teammate the “ultra-competitor.” “He’s always on the ...

Ott pointed out that Brooks’ second technical foul didn’t cost the Suns because James missed the foul shot. Still, it was not a smart decision. And it kept Phoenix’s best defender off the court for ...