Basketball moves fast and Suns coach Earl Watson does too.
The Suns’ season-opening home loss to Sacramento prompted him to declare a new second unit after the 113-94 blowout Wednesday night.
Suns rookies Tyler Ulis and Dragan Bender will replace Leandro Barbosa and P.J. Tucker in the bench unit that will keep Brandon Knight, Marquese Chriss and Alex Len.
“To me, they play with the most heart,” Watson said. “Heart gets rewarded.”
Ulis, 20, and Bender, 18, were rare bright spots in a game that the Suns trailed by as much as 26 and lost by 19, the largest season-opening margin of defeat in Suns franchise history.