{"id":475804,"date":"2025-12-27T22:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475804\/"},"modified":"2025-12-27T22:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-27T22:30:24","slug":"suns-injury-report-vs-pelicans-is-concerning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/475804\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns&#8217; Injury Report vs Pelicans is Concerning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"66\">The Phoenix Suns have revealed their injury report for Saturday night&#8217;s contest against the New Orleans Pelicans, and Jordan Ott could be forced to make some swift changes to the rotation. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">With Grayson Allen (right knee soreness) and Jalen Green (right hamstring strain) already ruled out, the Suns are listing Mark Williams (right knee) and Ryan Dunn (right knee) as questionable for their second night of a back-to-back in New Orleans. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">The Pelicans have ruled out Trey Alexander (G League), Hunter Dickinson (G League), Herbert Jones (right ankle sprain) and Dejounte Murray (right Achilles rupture).<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">Opening tip tonight is slated for just past 5:00 PM MST at Smoothie King Center. The Suns <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/scrappy-phoenix-suns-scrape-past-new-orleans-pelicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">won<\/a> their Friday matchup against the Pelicans in 115-108 fashion. <\/p>\n<p>More on Suns&#8217; Injury Report<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/01kdgmr4yvk6jzq51v7a.jpg\" alt=\"Mark Williams, Phoenix Sun\" title=\"Mark Williams, Phoenix Sun\" width=\"5207\" height=\"2928\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6r\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dec 23, 2025; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns center Mark Williams (15) against the Los Angeles Lakers at Mortgage Matchup Center. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images | Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">The Suns&#8217; starting lineup would take a massive hit without Williams, who has played the best basketball of his career since landing in Phoenix. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6y\">The team wants to ensure he&#8217;s healthy for the long haul of the season, so it&#8217;s not a complete shock to see him questionable on the second night of a back-to-back. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">However, his absence would leave a hole in the starting lineup &#8212; especially after he tallied 24 points and 13 rebounds on Friday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"74\">If he can&#8217;t go, Oso Ighodaro or Nick Richards would take his spot. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">Dunn<a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/key-phoenix-suns-defender-injured-exits-new-orleans-pelicans-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> actually injured himself<\/a> last night and it initially appeared to look serious before Dunn limped to the locker room and eventually re-entered action &#8212; so it&#8217;s also not a surprise to see him listed as questionable. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7a\">&#8220;It was a little soreness and pain, but I was able to walk off. I got to the back, just went through some procedures. Felt good. I was like, let&#8217;s give it a shot,&#8221; Dunn said post-game (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/2004936098300957073\">Duane Rankin<\/a>, The Arizona Republic). <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7d\">Rasheer Fleming filled in for Dunn&#8217;s minutes, and the rookie forward looked impressive while doing so. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7g\">While Dunn hasn&#8217;t been a starter with Royce O&#8217;Neale and Dillon Brooks healthy, Fleming could potentially get more minutes alongside Nigel Hayes-Davis tonight if Dunn can&#8217;t go. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7j\">Regardless, the Suns could be down some massive names entering tonight. <\/p>\n<p>Latest Phoenix Suns News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns have revealed their injury report for Saturday night&#8217;s contest against the New Orleans Pelicans, and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":475805,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-475804","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-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115793902642247544","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475804","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=475804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}