Los Angeles Lakers (17-7, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (14-11, seventh in the Western Conference)<\/p>\n
Phoenix; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST<\/p>\n
BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix hosts Los Angeles in a matchup of Western Conference teams.<\/p>\n
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The Suns are 5-2 against opponents in the Pacific Division. Phoenix ranks fourth in the Western Conference with 12.6 offensive rebounds per game led by Mark Williams averaging 3.1.<\/p>\n
The Lakers are 2-2 against opponents from the Pacific Division. Los Angeles ranks eighth in the Western Conference shooting 36.1% from 3-point range.<\/p>\n
The Suns score 114.8 points per game, 2.0 fewer points than the 116.8 the Lakers allow. The Lakers are shooting 50.7% from the field, 2.6% higher than the 48.1% the Suns’ opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n
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The teams meet for the second time this season. The Suns won 125-108 in the last matchup on Dec. 2.<\/p>\n
TOP PERFORMERS: Collin Gillespie is shooting 43.6% and averaging 13.1 points for the Suns. Dillon Brooks is averaging 16.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
Deandre Ayton is averaging 15.1 points and 8.8 rebounds for the Lakers. Luka Doncic is averaging 35.0 points over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n
LAST 10 GAMES: Suns: 5-5, averaging 108.0 points, 40.4 rebounds, 23.0 assists, 11.2 steals and 3.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 115.0 points per game.<\/p>\n
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Lakers: 7-3, averaging 121.2 points, 41.1 rebounds, 24.7 assists, 5.6 steals and 4.7 blocks per game while shooting 51.0% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 120.1 points.<\/p>\n
INJURIES: Suns: Isaiah Livers: day to day (hip), Devin Booker: day to day (groin), Jalen Green: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n
Lakers: Maxi Kleber: day to day (back), Austin Reaves: out (calf).<\/p>\n
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Associated Press<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Los Angeles Lakers (17-7, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Phoenix Suns (14-11, seventh in the Western Conference)…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":359282,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,17378,1587,21595,3372,7196,7190,37652,7192,224,3141,3365,121575,204592,1589,1721,21887,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,7184],"class_list":{"0":"post-444169","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-austin-reaves","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-collin-gillespie","13":"tag-deandre-ayton","14":"tag-devin-booker","15":"tag-dillon-brooks","16":"tag-isaiah-livers","17":"tag-jalen-green","18":"tag-los-angeles","19":"tag-los-angeles-lakers","20":"tag-luka-doncic","21":"tag-maxi-kleber","22":"tag-pacific-division","23":"tag-phoenix","24":"tag-phoenix-suns","25":"tag-the-suns","26":"tag-united-states","27":"tag-united-states-of-america","28":"tag-unitedstates","29":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","30":"tag-us","31":"tag-usa","32":"tag-western-conference"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115711503738294320","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/359282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}