The San Antonio Spurs travel Sunday to Phoenix to face the Suns. The Spurs will be at a competitive advantage as the Suns will be without two starters due to injuries. Dillon Brooks and Jalen Green have already been ruled out of the contest. Isaiah Livers is listed on the injury report as doubtful.
The San Antonio Spurs will look to improve their start to 6-0 on the young season as they travel to play the Phoenix Suns Sunday evening at the Mortgage Matchup Center.
Phoenix will not be at full strength when they take on San Antonio. Dillon Brooks (core muscle strain) and Jalen Green (hamstring) have been ruled out of the game. Isaiah Livers is also listed as doubtful.
The Spurs have their own laundry list of players who are also listed as out. De'Aaron Fox (hamstring), Luke Kornet (ankle sprain), Kelly Olynyk (left heel), Jeremy Sochan (wrist sprain) and Lindy Waters (bilateral eye procedure).
Suns coach Jordan Ott said Green is disappointed he cannot play. He has not practiced and is just itching for competition.
"You can see him in games, how engaged he is and how much he wants to be out there. It's the same in practice," Ott said. "He's been great the entire time. So he's getting it in here and there and that's really helped him as he's progressed here. We know when he gets into live action that hopefully his involvement overall can be sped up because of the reps he's been able to take even though he isn't playing in the game."
Ott also credited the 23-year old with having high energy, despite the injury.
"He's a 23-year-old, high energy, high spirited, high character young man and we can feel that even though he's not out there on the court playing."
The Suns are coming into the game Sunday following a win on Friday over the Utah Jazz, which stopped the bleeding at four games lost to start the season. The Spurs enter the game undefeated and look to stay that way. They also enter the game with the No. 1 team defense, yielding only 103.8 points.
Suns center Mark Williams was very complimentary of Victor Wembanyama, per The Arizona Republic's Duane Rankin. Wembanyama is averaging 30.2 points, 14.6 rebounds and 4.8 blocks this season.
"They've started the year great as a team," Williams said. "He's a talent. We've all seen like the highlights, all the crazy stuff that he's been able to do. So we're looking forward to the challenge tomorrow."