{"id":706486,"date":"2026-04-09T08:51:47","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706486\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T08:51:47","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T08:51:47","slug":"suns-suffer-setback-just-before-mavericks-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/706486\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns Suffer Setback Just Before Mavericks Matchup"},"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=\"6g\">PHOENIX \u2014 The Phoenix Suns will not have Grayson Allen available for tonight&#8217;s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks. Allen was initially ruled questionable with a right quad contusion ahead of action. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6j\">&#8220;Just got hit last night,&#8221; Suns coach Jordan Ott said of Allen, deeming him a game-time decision before Allen was ruled out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6m\">Mark Williams (left foot injury management) and Haywood Highsmith (right knee injury management) are also out for Phoenix.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6p\">Opening tip is slated for 7:00 PM AZ time at Mortgage Matchup Center. Tonight is Phoenix&#8217;s regular season home finale. <\/p>\n<p>More on Grayson Allen&#8217;s Impact<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/01knqr3h5q04aehqef16.jpg\" alt=\"Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Alle\" title=\"Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Alle\" width=\"5367\" height=\"3018\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"72\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Mar 28, 2026; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen (8) against the Utah Jazz in the first half 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=\"76\">Allen has featured in 50 games this season for Phoenix thanks to various lower body injuries. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"79\">With the Suns on the second night of a back-to-back, there was some thought Phoenix may look to sit some of their players tonight \u2014 especially with the play-in tournament locked as their destiny after the regular season. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7c\">&#8220;We&#8217;ve taken those backs-to-backs this part of the season as a way to make sure we get to the finish line,&#8221; Suns coach Jordan Ott told reporters after last night&#8217;s loss against the Houston Rockets (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DuaneRankin\/status\/2041778589113446594\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Duane Rankin<\/a>). <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-9\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7f\">&#8220;We do reassess some in the morning and then we&#8217;ll attack that tomorrow night after we see those guys how they bounce back. That was a physical game. Some of the minutes are pretty high. So we&#8217;ll have to see what it looks like in the morning.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7i\">Allen is averaging 16.7 points, three rebounds and 3.9 assists per night. His 35.1% clip from three-point land is the second-lowest of his career, though Allen has taken his game to new heights elsewhere \u2014 most notably as a driver to the rim. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7l\">The Suns are simply trying to find some sort of continuity in their rotation ahead of the postseason, which Allen touched on after last night&#8217;s loss to the Rockets. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7o\">&#8220;We\u2019ve played some games recently when there has been a lot of switching down the line and a lot of teams have switched one through five. Naturally the ball stops a little bit and they&#8217;re denying swing passes too. They weren&#8217;t loading up so sometimes the play is to just go,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7r\">&#8220;The ball moved around and we got some looks in the first half but those guys all play differently but I think they all play well together so I&#8217;m not concerned about it. We are a bit short on time so figuring out that specific defensive attack, we are fine when they don&#8217;t do that.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"7u\">There&#8217;s hope some of that will change against Dallas, though that just got tougher with Allen out. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 The Phoenix Suns will not have Grayson Allen available for tonight&#8217;s matchup against the Dallas Mavericks.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":706487,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3785],"tags":[7,423,6,422,427,3972],"class_list":{"0":"post-706486","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-utah-jazz","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-jazz","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-utah","12":"tag-utah-jazz","13":"tag-utahjazz"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116373901440988607","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/706487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}