{"id":57698,"date":"2023-10-28T16:46:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=57698"},"modified":"2023-10-28T16:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-28T20:46:56","slug":"phoenix-suns-rumors-grayson-allen-and-eric-gordon-expected-to-start-against-utah-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/28\/phoenix-suns-rumors-grayson-allen-and-eric-gordon-expected-to-start-against-utah-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns Rumors: Grayson Allen and Eric Gordon Expected To Start Against Utah Jazz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns are 1-1 on the season, as they have yet to have an entire squad. While the Suns won&#8217;t have a full team for most of the season due to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/l\/leeda03.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Damion Lee<\/strong><\/a> suffering a torn meniscus before training camp, will either<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bealbr01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Bradley Beal<\/strong><\/a> or<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bookede01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Devin Booker<\/strong> <\/a>play against the Utah Jazz (1-1) on Saturday night?<\/p>\n<h3>NBA Rumors: Phoenix Suns Rumors: Grayson Allen and Eric Gordon Are Expected To Start Against Utah Jazz<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/05\/09\/can-the-phoenix-suns-steal-a-game-in-denver\/\" target=\"_self\">Phoenix<\/a>, which has played one of the most demanding schedules in the NBA&#8217;s opening week, gets to play at home for the first time this season when they host Utah. After defeating the Golden State Warriors 108-104 on Tuesday, Phoenix was outscored 28-11 in the fourth quarter as they fell to the Los Angeles Lakers 100-95 on Thursday. The Suns were without Beal (lower back spasms) and Booker (left ankle sprain).<\/p>\n<p>Duane Rankin of The Arizona Republic reported earlier today that Beal will miss his third straight game.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Booker was initially listed as doubtful but is now out.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">For East Coast and early West Coast risers:<\/p>\n<p>Devin Booker (ankle) doubtful, Bradley Beal (back) ruled out for Phoenix Suns home opener (w\/video of when it appears Booker hurt ankle in opener)<\/p>\n<p>Beal hasn&#39;t made <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Suns?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Suns<\/a> regular season debut yet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QV4Fh5D1n0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/QV4Fh5D1n0<\/a> via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/azcentral?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@azcentral<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/1718277287232278642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/25\/nba-shootaround-nuggets-starting-five-taurean-prince-james-harden\/\" target=\"_self\">Beal<\/a> could make his season debut on Tuesday against the San Antonio Spurs. However, based on Frank Vogel&#8217;s comments on Thursday, Booker could be out at least a few more games.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cBrad\u2019s ramping up his work and continues to have symptomatic as a response to the work, so he\u2019s not ready,\u201d Vogel said before Thursday&#8217;s game. \u201cAnd Devin is dealing with significant left foot soreness. So he\u2019s going to be out as well.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>TNT&#8217;s Jared Greenberg has said that Booker aims to play on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: Devin Booker is out tonight due to a left mid-foot sprain which he suffered during Tiesday\u2019s win at Golden State. A team source tells me Booker is aiming to return to action Tuesday pending the results of an MRI which he will receive when the team returns home. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBAonTNT?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@NBAonTNT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jared Greenberg (@JaredSGreenberg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaredSGreenberg\/status\/1717692099817304158?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 26, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Who Will Start Against the Jazz<\/h3>\n<p>With the news about the Suns&#8217; projected starting backcourt being out, it appears that <a href=\"http:\/\/Grayson Allen and Eric Gordon Expected To Start Against Utah Jazz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Grayson Allen<\/strong><\/a> and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/gordoer01\/gamelog\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong> Eric Gordon<\/strong><\/a> will once again be on the court at tipoff time. Allen has struggled in his first two games as a Sun, both starts. Gordon, on the other hand, has scored in double-figures in both games but has been very inefficient. Both players started against the Lakers.<\/p>\n<p>Allen is averaging 3.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists. He has made just 2 of 12 shots (16.7%) from the field, including 1 of 9 (22.2%) from the 3-point line. On the plus side, Allen has done an excellent job with his ball-handling, as he only has one turnover.<\/p>\n<p>Gordon put up 10 points against the Warriors off the bench and 15 points against the Lakers. He averages 12.5 points on 31.3% shooting from the field and 23.5% from the 3-point line.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goodwjo01\/gamelog\/2024\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Jordan Goodwin<\/strong><\/a> will also see an increase in time on the court. Goodwin saw his minutes double with both Booker and Beal out against the Lakers. In nearly 30 minutes Thursday, Goodwin tallied 14 points, grabbed six rebounds, and doled out two assists. He also has a +7.5 plus\/minus rating through two games.<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Phoenix Suns are 1-1 on the season, as they have yet to have an entire squad. While the Suns won&#8217;t have a full team for most of the season due to Damion Lee suffering a torn meniscus before training camp, will either Bradley Beal or Devin Booker play against the Utah Jazz (1-1) on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3146,"featured_media":57702,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,62,28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-57698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-nba","category-suns"],"modified_by":"Daniel Benjamin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3146"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}