After missing Wednesday's loss against the Suns for personal reasons, Russell will return to the floor Saturday to face Miami. The 28-year-old guard is averaging 12.8 points, 2.8 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game, shooting 41.2 percent from the floor and a career-low 34 percent from beyond the arc this season.
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Devin Booker scored the game-high 32 points and Kevin Durant had 24 to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 108-84 win at the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday to conclude a five-game road trip.
Phoenix is notably coming off of an ugly loss at the hands of the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers, but the silver lining is that the Nets are currently boasting a 14-29 record and that the roster largely remains healthy going into the matchup. There are only two names on the current injury report, and the names have been mainstays over the last week.
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The 21-21 Suns are playing the reeling Brooklyn Nets - who will be without Cameron Johnson, D'Angelo Russell, Ben Simmons, Trendon Watford, and Ziaire Williams in this contest.
BROOKLYN – Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is ruled out of Wednesday’s game against Brooklyn at Barclays Center with a left ankle sprain after playing Monday at Cleveland following a two-game absence with the injury. “There’s soreness,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said before Wednesday’s game. “He's unable to go."
The Phoenix Suns (21-21) play at the Brooklyn Nets (14-30) on Wednesday, airing in the Valley on Arizona's Family (Ch. 3) at 5:30 p.m. This is the final of the Suns' five-game road trip, and second of their home and away series against the Nets.
In the team's second meeting this season with the Phoenix Suns ... Typically, that void is filled by D'Angelo Russell, but a nagging hamstring issue will prevent him from stepping into that ...
Point-spread: Nets (+12.5) Over/Under: 215.5 Nets : OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), Maxwell Lewis (tibia), De'Anthony Melton (knee), D'Angelo Russell (hamstring), Cam Thomas (hamstring), Trendon Watford (hamstring), and Ziaire Williams (ankle). DOUBTFUL: Cam Johnson (ankle) and Ben Simmons (illness).
The Phoenix Suns (21-21) play at the Brooklyn Nets (14-30) on Wednesday, airing in the Valley on Arizona's Family (Ch. 3) at 5:30 p.m. This is the final of the Suns' five-game road trip, and second of their home and away series against the Nets. Brooklyn won the first matchup in Phoenix, 127-117, on Nov. 27.
Russell has struggled to stay on the floor since joining the Nets in a Dec. 29 trade from the Los Angeles Lakers. He's missed six of the team's last 13 matchups while battling shin and hamstring ailments. The veteran point guard has shouldered a much heavier on-ball burden than with the Lakers during the first half of this season.