{"id":476786,"date":"2025-12-28T09:12:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476786\/"},"modified":"2025-12-28T09:12:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-28T09:12:24","slug":"suns-change-starting-lineup-vs-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/476786\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Change Starting Lineup vs Pelicans"},"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 hope to walk out of the Big Easy with a sweep of wins over the New Orleans Pelicans after escaping with a victory last night. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"69\">The Suns move into Saturday night with the following starting lineup: <\/p>\n<ul id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"!list-disc ml-5 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6c\">\n<li>Devin Booker<\/li>\n<li>Collin Gillespie<\/li>\n<li>Dillon Brooks<\/li>\n<li>Royce O&#8217;Neale<\/li>\n<li>Oso Ighodaro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6f\">This hasn&#8217;t been quite Phoenix&#8217;s typical starting lineup as of late, as Williams has started typically &#8212; though Ighodaro gets the nod. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6i\">The Suns are again without Grayson Allen and Jalen Green due to injury. Ryan Dunn was questionable entering tonight but was ruled out while Williams is available for the first time all season for both games in a back-to-back.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\"><strong>READ:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/phoenix-suns-lineup-gets-surprising-boost-new-orleans-pelicans-game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suns Lineup Gets Surprising Boost vs Pelicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Opening tip is slated for 5:00 PM MST. <\/p>\n<p>More Suns vs Pelicans Info <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6u\"><strong>Who: <\/strong>Phoenix Suns at New Orleans Pelicans<br \/><strong>What: <\/strong>NBA Regular Season Action<br \/><strong>When: <\/strong>Saturday, Dec. 27 at 5:00 PM MST<br \/><strong>Where: <\/strong>Smoothie King Center, New Orleans, LA<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6x\">The Suns will likely need Devin Booker to again push Phoenix to a win after scoring 30 points last night &#8212; most of which came in the second half. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"70\">&#8220;They were physical. Defensively, they really turned it up in the 2nd half. Totally different ball game,&#8221; said Suns coach Jordan Ott after the game. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"73\">&#8220;They really got after us, but we were able to find a way. Devin was able to get to his spots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"76\"><strong>READ: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/news\/phoenix-suns-injury-report-new-orleans-pelicans-concerning\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suns Update Final Injury Report vs Pelicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">Booker led Phoenix in scoring, though Mark Williams&#8217; 24 points and 13 rebounds was also impressive to give the Suns their 17th win of the season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">Royce O&#8217;Neale was the only Suns starter who didn&#8217;t score 14 or more points. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">Meanwhile, Zion Williamson&#8217;s 20 points off the bench paced New Orleans while Jordan Poole and Trey Murphy each had 19 in what was almost an upset at Smoothie King Center. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-16\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">Both teams hope they can find better three-point success this time around, as Phoenix and New Orleans shot a dismal 20% from downtown on Friday. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7l\"><strong>PREVIEW:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nba\/suns\/onsi\/analysis\/preview-phoenix-suns-finish-back-to-back-new-orleans-pelicans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Suns Hope For Back-to-Back Sweep vs Pelicans<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-18\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">The Suns led 75% of the game and outrebounded New Orleans 52-38 on the night, though the Pelicans shot 42 free throws to Phoenix&#8217;s 25. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\">A win would give the Suns a strong 3-0 lead in their season series over New Orleans. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-20\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">After tonight, the two sides will meet once more in Phoenix on March 6. <\/p>\n<p>Latest Phoenix Suns News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns hope to walk out of the Big Easy with a sweep of wins over the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":476787,"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-476786","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\/115796426933948175","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476786","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=476786"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476786\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/476787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476786"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476786"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476786"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}