Phoenix Suns Reveal Starters, Bradley Beal’s Status vs Los Angeles Clippers

The Phoenix Suns will be without the services of star guard Bradley Beal against the Los Angeles Clippers tonight.

As such, their starting lineup will be as follows:

Tyus Jones
Ryan Dunn
Devin Booker
Kevin Durant
Jusuf Nurkic

Beal was questionable with an elbow injury into tonight. Josh Okogie was ruled out again with a hamstring problem that has kept him out of every regular season game so far.

Beal missed last weekend’s home opener with the injury, with rookie Dunn receiving the starting nod in his place.

“Feels better today,” Beal shared The Arizona Republic’s Duane Rankin at shooting round in the morning. “Got a little shot. I’ll have to let it kick in, let it work its magic, but I feel significantly better today than the last few days.”

Now the Suns must once again deploy a starting unit without Beal.

Beal’s game log so far:

at LAC: 24 PTS, 3 REB, 1 AST
at LAL: 15 PTS, 1 RIB, 9 AST
vs LAL: 15 PTS, 3 ROPE, 4 AST

Beal has also recorded five steals through his three games played.

There was hope that Beal would return to previous scoring form after being forced into point guard duties last season under former head coach Frank Vogel.

The Suns fired Vogel, signed Mike Budenholzer and also signed starting guard Tyus Jones to handle those duties, allowing Beal to play off-ball in his more typical role.

With a 3-1 record for the Suns to start the 2024-25 season, it’s hard to complain about the results so far.

Beal’s 18 points average per night is just behind Kevin Durant (29) and Devin Booker (23), while he is behind Jones (6) with 4.7 assists per game. night.

Beal isn’t the most prominent star in Phoenix, but through the early stages of the new year, he’s certainly proven his worth.

Tip-off between the Suns and Clippers is expected to be just after 7:30 p.m.