BREAKING: Devin Booker's Final Injury Status For Suns-Nets Game
On Tuesday evening, the Phoenix Suns are in New York to face off with the Brooklyn Nets at Barclays Center.
For the game, they will have their best player back in the starting lineup, as Devin Booker has been upgraded to available.
Underdog NBA: "Lineup alert: Suns will start Paul, Booker, Bridges, Johnson, Ayton on Tuesday."
The former Kentucky star has not played since Christmas but had been in the middle of a tremendous season before getting injured.
He is currently averaging 27.1 points, 4.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per contest.
With Booker out of the lineup, the Suns have done an excellent job of staying afloat in the standings.
They are tied with the Dallas Mavericks for the fifth seed in the Western Conference and have a 29-26 record in 55 games.
Over the last ten games, the Suns have gone 8-2, and they are also in the middle of a two-game winning streak.
However, they are just 10-17 in the 27 games they have played on the road away from Arizona.
As for the Nets, they are the fifth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 32-21 record in 53 games.
They are 5-5 in their last ten games and 16-9 in the 25 games they have hosted at Barclays Center in New York.
In January, the Suns beat the Nets 117-112 (at home in Arizona), and Mikal Bridges had 28 points and nine assists, while Deandre Ayton put up 24 points and 14 rebounds.
Five players on the Nets scored 15+ points.
