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Suns confirm guard Jordan Goodwin will play vs Pacers.
Summary
Jordan Goodwin is active for Phoenix tonight after returning from a seven-game absence with a left calf strain; other Suns players remain questionable or out. The Pacers also list multiple players as questionable or out ahead of the matchup.
Content
Jordan Goodwin is active for the Phoenix Suns as they play the second game of a six-game road trip tonight at the Indiana Pacers. He returned Tuesday after a seven-game absence with a left calf strain and was initially listed as questionable for this back-to-back. Grayson Allen and Haywood Highsmith remain questionable for Phoenix, while Dillon Brooks and Mark Williams are out. The Pacers enter the game with several players listed as questionable or out.
Availability and injuries:
- Jordan Goodwin is active after a seven-game absence with a left calf strain; he played 14 minutes in his return vs Milwaukee, scoring six points with two assists and shooting 2-for-3 from three.
- Grayson Allen and Haywood Highsmith are listed as questionable for the Suns with right knee injury management.
- Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction) are out for Phoenix.
- The Pacers are without Tyrese Haliburton for the season (Achilles) and Pascal Siakam is out with a right knee sprain; Ivica Zubac, T.J. McConnell, Andrew Nembhard and Aaron Nesmith are listed as questionable.
- The Suns are 38-27 and sit two wins behind the No. 3–No. 6 seeds in the Western Conference; the Pacers are 15-50 and have lost 10 straight.
Summary:
Goodwin's activation restores a rotation option for Phoenix as the team seeks wins late in the regular season. The Suns play tonight at Indiana and may manage his minutes ahead of a road game in Toronto tomorrow. The team's standing in the West and the Pacers' injury list will shape available matchups and rotations.
