Preview: Suns Look to Rebound vs Magic

The Phoenix Suns (26-19) are set to battle the Orlando Magic (23-22) on Sunday night in a rematch of the thriller that Phoenix won on New Year's Eve.

The Suns are set to play the front-end of a back-to-back tonight with the Miami Heat awaiting on Monday as Phoenix's road trip continues.

Phoenix and Orlando are coming off crushing losses to the Indiana Pacers and Memphis Grizzlies, respectively, on Friday night.

Three things to note going into tonight's bout:

Magic: Trending Downwards

The Magic are 4-9 since falling to Phoenix on Dec. 31.

Orlando has been up and down following a blazing start despite Paolo Banchero officially breaking onto the scene.

They have dropped lopsided contests to the Minnesota Timberwolves, Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers despite also posing impressive wins over squads such as the Denver Nuggets.

Much of the Magic's recent struggles revolve around the consistent lack of threat from behind the arc, as the team remains dead last in three-point percentage at 34% and many of their losses since their first to Phoenix featured several sub-100 point performances on offense.

Suns: Injury Concerns?

The Suns might be hitting a roadblock after a strong stretch of continuity building over the last three weeks.

Bradley Beal and Jusuf Nurkic are both questionable with a nasal fracture and jammed thumb, respectively.

Two Suns Starters Questionable vs Magic

Suns head coach Frank Vogel might have to lean into a bench that has failed to provide much stability outside of sixth-man Eric Gordon.

Expect Gordon and Drew Eubanks to get starting nods if one or both of the usual starters are deemed unable to go.

Also expect Chimezie Metu, Nassir Little, and potentially even Yuta Watanabe to see minutes if there are in fact absences.

Here's to hoping the pair of starters don't miss any time - and if they do, that there's a next man up mentality that carries the team to victory.

Player to Watch: Jalen Suggs

Jalen Suggs has been a disruptor from game one on this season.

The third-year guard out of Gonzaga has played in and started 41 of the Magic's 45 games this season.

He has found a niche as a an elite perimeter defender and one of the more reliable three-point shooters for Orlando despite not yet reaching a ceiling many expected him to get to by now.

That isn't necessarily a bad thing.

Suggs has been a steadying presence for the Magic and has acted as a Swiss army knife of sorts - he is certainly a defender that can disrupt the flow of the Suns' offense in spurts and is one of the few players on the other side that can space the floor with consistency.

Suggs could change the game behind his impactful two-way play, and it will be paramount to keep an eye on him tomorrow night.

Phoenix and Orlando are set to tip off shortly after 4:00 PM this afternoon.