Jalen Green had the entire Suns team make the trip to Fresno for his high school jersey retirement ceremony on Wednesday.

The Suns (9-6) face the Minnesota Timberwolves (10-5) on Friday, Nov. 21, in an NBA Cup West Group A battle at Mortgage Matchup Center. They follow that with the first of a back-to-back against the San Antonio Spurs (10-4) on Nov. 23, followed by the Houston Rockets (10-3) on Nov. 24 in the return of Kevin Durant.

The Suns also received a small bump in NBA.com's power rankings, moving from No. 17 to 16. "The Suns will visit the 6-7 Blazers on Tuesday and then play eight of their next nine games against teams with winning records (seven of the nine against top-10 offenses)," wrote John Schuhmann.

The Phoenix Suns have been one of the most surprising NBA teams this season, and a possible trade with the New Orleans Pelicans boosts their playoff hopes.

Phoenix Suns wing Dillon Brooks said the state of officiating in the NBA needs to improve and asserted that referees are "making calls out of emotion."

Devin Booker will be in Portland for the first time on Tuesday since breaking the Suns' all-time franchise scoring record.

The 26-year-old ranks second in total assists off the bench in the NBA (77), third in 3-pointers made (36), is tied for 10th in steals (15) and is 14th in points (158), making a real case for himself being a Sixth Man of the Year candidate if he can continue to increase his scoring a little more.