MIAMI – This is how it goes for the Suns: Two rotation players return, another leaves.
The good news for Phoenix fans: Guard Devin Booker returned Tuesday night after missing a game with an ankle issue. Reserve guard Leandro Barbosa also was back after missing two games due to illness.
The bad: Top post reserve Alan Williams was sent home before the contest with gastroenteritis. After health issues and management decisions limited the Suns to eight players in Sunday’s loss to Detroit, coach Earl Watson said he never had experienced anything like this. Not in two years as a coach.