Despite 30-point nights from Deandre Ayton and Landry Shamet, the Phoenix Suns were unable to overcome a lengthy list of inactive players, losing to the Washington Wizards 113-110.
That injury report included Devin Booker, Cam Johnson, Josh Okogie, Cam Payne, Jock Landale, and Jae Crowder. Wizards were missing some as well, including Kristaps Porzingis and Rui Hachimura.
The Suns had a 10-point lead in the middle of the fourth quarter, but lost their way in a 19-2 Wizards run that out the game out of reach, 109-100 with under a minute left.
Suns struggled to make much happen offensively in the first quarter if it wasn’t Deandre Ayton or Torrey Craig having more energy than their opponent in just about every matchup.