The Suns entered the first game of the tournament undefeated and locked in as the three seed. The difference with this game compared to the rest is that they would be without two of their core players.
While it was announced that Josh Jackson would be sitting out the rest of Summer League prior to the game, Elie Okobo’s absence came at much more of a surprise. The young point guard’s night was cut short after just one minute of action as an early injury took him out of the game.
“Put us in a situation where we’re playing with basically one point guard on the court,” Head Coach Igor Kokoškov said.