Rasheer Fleming scores career-high 16 vs. Hornets
Rasheer Fleming did not let fellow Phoenix Suns rookie Khaman Maluach hog all the praise in Sunday’s 111-99 win towards the Charlotte Hornets, cashing in on a career-best 16 factors in 23 minutes off the bench.
He was instrumental in Phoenix (37-27) maintaining his nostril in entrance of the highway warrior Charlotte (32-33) — who had gained 10 immediately video games — with Fleming draining two of his career-most four 3s within the third quarter.
The work is paying off for Rasheer Fleming, of us. Another 3-pointer, his fourth of the night time pic.twitter.com/Wh4luilr9l
— Shane Young (@YoungNBA) March 9, 2026
The 3-ball stroke is part of the sport Fleming you’ve got spent essentially the most time on between the G League and NBA, and he’s now seeing the work repay together with his 55.6% clip (8 for 15) this month. The 6-foot-9 rookie shot 7 for 17 from 3 in February.
An elevated quantity of minutes is one other space the place Fleming has seen development, the ahead as much as 9 consecutive video games with double-digit minutes on the court docket after simply seven such video games between November and January.
He completed Sunday 6-of-8 capturing and added two rebounds, with each being on the offensive glass.
Devin Booker had excessive reward for Rasheer Fleming after the rookie scored a career-high 16 factors within the Suns’ win over the Hornets. pic.twitter.com/rRC42usP69
— Arizona Sports (@AZSports) March 9, 2026
Three Suns gamers eclipsed the 20-point mark, with Devin Booker scoring 30 with an ideal 15 for 15 from the charity stripe, Jalen Green’s 24 factors (on 8-of-19 capturing) and Collin Gillespie’s 24 with 5 made 3s.
