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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns continue their impressive start to the 2025-26 regular season, and even in spite of falling to the Oklahoma City Thunder – Collin Gillespie has only gained more and more fans.
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Perhaps the most notable one as of late was prominent analyst Skip Bayless, who took to X to highlight Gillespie’s play:
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“Suns Collin Gillespie nearly beat the Thunder in OKC – kid can PLAY – but SGA was again too much in the clutch. Thunder Cup runneth over.”
Suns Collin Gillespie nearly beat the Thunder in OKC – kid can PLAY – but SGA was again too much in the clutch. Thunder Cup runneth over.
— Skip Bayless (@RealSkipBayless) November 29, 2025
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Collin Gillespie Earning Respect
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Collin Gillespie Earning Respect
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Gillespie has been a pleasant surprise to begin this season, as injuries to players such as Jalen Green and Grayson Allen have opened the door for more playing time.
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Gillespie has been a pleasant surprise to begin this season, as injuries to players such as Jalen Green and Grayson Allen have opened the door for more playing time.
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Gillespie poured in a season-high 24 points against OKC, which led all Suns scorers.
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Gillespie poured in a season-high 24 points against OKC, which led all Suns scorers.
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In both games he's started this season, he's scored at least 20+ points on over 50% shooting with 13 total assists.
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In both games he’s started this season, he’s scored at least 20+ points on over 50% shooting with 13 total assists.
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Gillespie's play has been impressive, though it's his grit and toughness that's allowed him to thrive on a Suns team that heavily emphasized culture and style of play under first-year head coach Jordan Ott.
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Gillespie’s play has been impressive, though it’s his grit and toughness that’s allowed him to thrive on a Suns team that heavily emphasized culture and style of play under first-year head coach Jordan Ott.
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READ: Suns Guard Building 6th Man of the Year Case
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READ: Suns Guard Building 6th Man of the Year Case
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Gillespie's stepped up in big moments, which included a recent game-winner against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Gillespie’s stepped up in big moments, which included a recent game-winner against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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"I will keep saying this, there is just no quit in this team, continue to fight till the last second. I think the competitive spirit that we have as a team has started in training camp, or even before that in the summertime," Gillespie said afterwards.
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“I will keep saying this, there is just no quit in this team, continue to fight till the last second. I think the competitive spirit that we have as a team has started in training camp, or even before that in the summertime,” Gillespie said afterwards.
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"We got a really good group of guys that try to win basketball games, play extremely hard and compete at a high level and I don't think anyone thinks we are out of a game until the final horn sounds.”
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“We got a really good group of guys that try to win basketball games, play extremely hard and compete at a high level and I don’t think anyone thinks we are out of a game until the final horn sounds.”
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Collin Gillespie Injury Update
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Collin Gillespie Injury Update
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Gillespie went down in the final seconds of last night's loss in OKC, injuring his left ankle when diving for a loose ball.
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Gillespie went down in the final seconds of last night’s loss in OKC, injuring his left ankle when diving for a loose ball.
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When speaking with The Arizona Republic's Duane Rankin last night, Gillespie says there was a gap between the scorer's table and the court, which led to the injury.
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When speaking with The Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin last night, Gillespie says there was a gap between the scorer’s table and the court, which led to the injury.
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Rankin said he was icing his ankle after the game but didn't have it wrapped prior to leaving the arena.
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Rankin said he was icing his ankle after the game but didn’t have it wrapped prior to leaving the arena.
“There was a little gap between the scoretable and the court that I stepped into.
Suns guard Collin Gillespie on his left ankle as he knocked ball way from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and saved it while diving out of bounds.
Was icing his left ankle after game. Didn’t have it… pic.twitter.com/Dv47bBXYfL
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) November 29, 2025
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The Suns are back home tonight against the Denver Nuggets for the second part of a back-to-back.
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The Suns are back home tonight against the Denver Nuggets for the second part of a back-to-back.
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Tonight's injury report has yet to be revealed, though Gillespie very well could be marked as either questionable or out due to the injury's proximity to their next matchup.
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Tonight’s injury report has yet to be revealed, though Gillespie very well could be marked as either questionable or out due to the injury’s proximity to their next matchup.
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