Heading into tomorrow night’s matchup against the New Orleans Pelicans, the Phoenix Suns will remain healthy with only Damion Lee (right meniscus surgery) out.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Lee has missed the entire season with the injury.
With only eight games left, other players on the Suns (43-31) are dealing with injuries, but playing through them. Jusuf Nurkić only missed one game with a right ankle sprain before returning for Friday’s 128-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. Bradley Beal has been managing a right ring finger sprain he has had for the last two games.
For the Pelicans (45-29), Brandon Ingram (left knee bone contusion) and Jose Alvarado (right oblique strain) are out.
Ingram, who averages 20.9 points per game, has missed the last five games and New Orleans has gone 3-2 in these contests.
Devin Booker finished with 52 points in the teams’ last meeting at the Smoothie King Center in a 123-109 victory for Phoenix back on Jan. 19. Dating back to last season, this was the second straight game Booker had a 50-piece against New Orleans.
The Suns, who are seventh in the Western Conference, are exactly two games behind New Orleans, who sits at fifth in the West, in the standings with two more head-to-head matchups against them.
Tomorrow night’s matchup tips off at 5 p.m. MST. The Suns will look to rebound from the big loss to OKC, while the Pelicans will look to bounce back from a 104-92 loss to the Celtics last night.
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Brendan Mau is a senior writer covering the Phoenix Suns and more for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on X via @Brendan_Mau
