Phoenix Suns

The injury riddled Phoenix Suns are set to face off against the Denver Nuggets tonight in hopes to build off an impressive win.

All signs are pointing to a Suns loss, but a scrapy performance last night could spark this injury riddled Suns team. Bridges led the team in last night's game putting up 26 points, which is exactly what the Suns need out of him again tonight. Denver has won their last four-of-five and have proved to be one of the most lethal teams in the NBA.

Deandre Ayton (ankle), Landry Shamet (hip), Chris Paul (hip), Cameron Payne (foot), Devin Booker (groin), and Cam Johnson (knee) are out at Denver.

4 at Cleveland](https://www.azcentral.com/story/sports/nba/suns/2023/01/05/suns-cameron-payne-re-aggravates-right-foot-injury-at-cavaliers/69780838007/) as he missed nine games with a right foot strain. [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) or contact him at 480-787-1240. The 6-3 guard played his first two NBA seasons with Detroit and played two games with Philadelphia this season. The Suns signed Saben Lee to a 10-day Wednesday as he's with the team. Johnson is with the team as he continues to work his way back from tearing his right meniscus on Nov. [trim procedure done on the ligament on Nov.

The Phoenix Suns' season was in a completely different state the last time Cam Johnson played over two months ago.

Despite that, Phoenix found a high point through a spectacular shorthanded win over the Golden State Warriors trending them back in the right direction. Cam Payne’s right foot sprain was a two-week re-evaluation set for Jan. Jones said he wouldn’t be surprised if Ayton and Shamet were back on Friday or early the week after. 19 against the Brooklyn Nets. Inside that stretch had been Phoenix losing itself a bit in terms of playing through its identity. A new starting lineup featuring him was a rousing success.

The Phoenix Suns will continue to battle with injuries on Wednesday with the second leg of a road back-to-back against the Denver Nuggets.

on 98.7, the Arizona Sports app and ArizonaSports.com. and the newly reported 10-day contract of Saben Lee left in point guard roles. Guards Devin Booker (left groin strain), Cam Payne (right foot sprain), Landry Shamet (hip soreness) and Chris Paul (right hip soreness) will all miss the game, leaving Duane Washington Jr.

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The Suns are reportedly signing G League Raptors 905 guard Saben Lee to a 10-day contract, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania.

on 98.7, the Arizona Sports app and ArizonaSports.com. This year, Lee has bounced around the G League with the Raptors 905, Delaware Blue Coats and then back to the 905. He is familiar with the Valley, playing his high school ball at Tempe’s Corona Del Sol alongside former first-round pick Marvin Bagley in 2014-15. Eighty-five of these games came over his first two seasons with the Detroit Pistons. “He can defend,” James Jones told Burns & Gambo on Wednesday. Lee played in 87 games over his three seasons in the NBA, averaging 5.5 points per game on 43.7% shooting, 3.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds.

F Dario Saric; C Bismack Biyombo; G Mikal Bridges; G Duane Washington Jr. Denver Nuggets: F Michael Porter Jr. F Aaron Gordon; C Nikola Jokic; G Kentavious ...

Mikal Bridges produced a team-high 26 points and nine rebounds, and Damion Lee added 22 points and seven rebounds off the bench to lead the Suns, who were without Deandre Ayton (ankle), Devin Booker (groin) and Chris Paul (hip). It was his second straight triple-double performance. They knocked off the

Get starting lineups, predictions, betting picks, odds, and injury news for the Phoenix Suns vs. Denver Nuggets matchup on (1/11/23).

[Phoenix Suns](https://www.lineups.com/nba/roster/phoenix-suns) (21-21) take on the dominant [Denver Nuggets](https://www.lineups.com/nba/roster/denver-nuggets) (27-13). [Kentavious Caldwell-Pope](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/kentavious-caldwell-pope) [Jamal Murray](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/jamal-murray) [Bismack Biyombo](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/bismack-biyombo) [Dario Saric](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/dario-saric) [Mikal Bridges](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/mikal-bridges) [Torrey Craig](https://www.lineups.com/nba/player-stats/torrey-craig) When Jokic is on the court, the Nuggets own a historic 134 Offensive Rating. After a long game and subsequent flight to Denver, the Suns players are facing a back-to-back in Denver’s endurance-sapping high altitude after playing more minutes than usual. Over their last ten games, the Nuggets are averaging 121 PPG on an absurd 52/43/79 team shooting split. Although recent history doesn’t matter because of injuries, it’s worth noting that the Suns are 7-1 ATS in the last eight meetings. The Nuggets are heavily favored with the spread sitting at -13.5 and a moneyline of -910.

The Suns are reportedly signing G League guard Saben Lee to a 10-day contract according to NBA insider Shams Charania. Lee (who played at Corono del Sol in ...

10-day contracts only became available for teams to utilize starting this last week. Teams can sign a player up to two ten-day contracts in a season. He's spent most of his season with the Raptors 906 of the G-League.

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The Phoenix Suns had lost six in a row and nine of 10, and were facing a Golden State team with Stephen Curry back in the lineup. Add to that center Deandre ...

He sat out the next three games but returned for the first matchup with Denver, only to leave early in the first quarter. LeBron James sat out Monday's game with a left ankle injury and Anthony Davis is on the injured list. Murray took another big step in his return to full health in the win over the Lakers. It will be the second of four meetings between the teams and the first since Denver won in overtime on Christmas night. The Phoenix Suns had lost six in a row and nine of 10, and were facing a Golden State team with Stephen Curry back in the lineup. The Suns' reward?

Phoenix still were down to just nine available players after Devin Booker, Chris Paul, Cam Johnson, Cam Payne, Deandre Ayton and Landry Shamet were out of ...

Golden State, every Suns starter finished with a +/- of -20 or worse on Wednesday. He finished with 16 points and 6 assists. After seeing a handful of role players step up in major fashion vs.

The Phoenix Suns are shorthanded at the moment and are going to struggle when teams play with the intent the Denver Nuggets did on Wednesday.

Wednesday was an excellent trial by fire for him to get a real idea of the type of defenses the Suns see in hyper-competitive games and seeing it through the lens of floor general. Murray, who has been on a roll in the last eight games, exited the game in the early fourth quarter with an apparent ankle injury. When looking at Ayton, Paul and Shamet, it’s not clear which of those three in the day-to-day diagnosis grouping could play on Friday in Minnesota versus the Timberwolves. It bears repeating that this is a guy who didn’t do much ball-handling for the Indiana Pacers as a rookie and arrived in Phoenix this year to be utilized like a combo guard. It was taking on a shorthanded squad that had just greatly exerted itself the night before and was playing at elevation. Play smart, take care of the ball and manage the game. Denver just showed up with a great mindset and treated the fixture like Paul, Booker and their other hobbled running mates were all out there. A 24-8 surge to begin the second quarter had Denver up 22 after Phoenix had done well to hang around. And even when the right pass was made, Denver’s rotations off it had the requisite amount of urgency to cover the space. Denver was not going to be like Golden State and wait until the mid-fourth quarter to pick him up full court. And that level of respect put the Suns at an extreme deficit, one they could never realistically make up in a 126-97 loss. These are rotation feeds that guys like Booker and Paul can sleepwalk through to systematically break down a defense after just one pass but those guys are back in Phoenix rehabbing.

Phoenix drops to 21-22 on the season, clinging for dear life to one of those final play-in spots in the Wild Wild West. Key Performers. Torrey Craig — 16 points ...

The Suns entered halftime trailing by a count of 70-to-54. They would mostly trade baskets with Denver for the rest of the 1st quarter, trailing 29-26. Nikola Jokic dominated with ease and wasn’t needed after the first three quarters when the game was well out of reach. The Nuggets outscored the Suns by 10 points in the 2nd and scored a total of 36 points in the period. A poster to open the game for Biz.— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) The Suns opened up the game with some energy early on, jumping out to a brief 6-4 lead after a pair of buckets from Bismack and a duce from Bridges.

Denver won every quarter, and any time the Suns made a run, the Nuggets had a response and then some.

The Nuggets now have the third best offensive rating and sixth best defensive rating in home games. That includes strong performances against the Memphis Grizzlies, Phoenix Suns on Christmas, Boston Celtics on New Year’s, Los Angeles Clippers, and Cleveland Cavaliers on a back-to-back. Bones also had four assists compared to one turnover, and he made some quality defensive plays along the way, grabbing a steal on a cross-court pass and staying attached to his assignments. Regardless of who’s playing for the other team. As the Nuggets continue to progress through the season, their offense seems to only get better and more precise. The first half was as much about Bones Hyland putting the game away as it was anything else. They scored 60 points in the paint, 24 fast break points, and simply played faster and more efficient basketball from the Suns. The Nuggets dropped 126 points with relative ease, shooting 56.5% from the field, 44.1% from three-point range, and turning it over just 10 times. The Suns didn’t have the vast majority of their rotation, out injured and following the second night of a back-to-back. Jamal Murray had 16 points and 6 assists heading into the fourth quarter, but on the first play of the quarter, Murray planted his toe without getting his heal on the ground and rolled his ankle a bit. With those two on the court, the Nuggets never lost touch of how they needed to handle things. I feel like the floor’s much more open for both of us and for our teammates when we’re both getting downhill and creating as well.”