alt=Kelsey DallasBYU basketball had a big Friday night.
Several players went to Phoenix to watch their new coach, Kevin Young, and the Suns take on the Minnesota Timberwolves in the third game of a first-round playoff series.
Before the game, they got to go on the court and meet some of the Suns stars, including Devin Booker, according to Duane Rankin, who covers the team for The Arizona Republic.
Rankin shared a video of BYU basketball’s encounter with Booker on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.
It shows the NBA star pausing his warm-up to greet everyone from Young’s new team.
Young has stayed with Phoenix to close out the season even as he’s started making moves on behalf of BYU basketball.
Earlier this week, he added former Stanford assistant coach Brandon Dunson to his BYU coaching staff.
Since then, he’s secured commitments from players Richie Saunders and Dallin Hall, who withdrew from the transfer portal and will return to BYU.
Meanwhile, the Suns’ week has been less sunny.
After losing to the Timberwolves by 25 points on Saturday in the opening game of the series, Phoenix lost again Tuesday.
The team entered Friday’s game — the first of the series to be played on its home turf — down 2-0 in the best of seven series.
The Suns are led by Booker and Kevin Durant and Devin Booker. They’re the No. 6 seed in the Western Conference, while the Timberwolves are No. 3.