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The Phoenix Suns are 43-31 and seventh in the congested Western Conference standings.
While they’re 1.5 games from moving into sixth and avoiding the play-in tournament, the Dallas Mavericks, the team in front of them, have caught fire and are 9-1 in their last ten tilts.
Breathing down the Suns’ necks are the Sacramento Kings, who are half a game behind them.
However, as reported by ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Kevin Huerter tore the labrum in his left shoulder, a season-ending injury, and the fear is Malik Monk suffered a sprained MCL in his right knee, per Shams Charania of The Athletic.
As Phoenix, who has eight regular-season games left, fights to, at a minimum, maintain homecourt advantage against the eighth seed in the play-in tournament, the Suns have signed Isaiah Thomas to a second 10-day contract.
The former Boston Celtics star has appeared in two matchups in his second stint in the desert, including playing the final 7:34 in Friday’s 128-103 loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder, registering five points on 2/4 shooting and dishing out an assist.
Guard Derrick White is an agile ball handler in the backcourt.
White scans the floor well as a playmaker and owns the skillset to create his own shot.
The Colorado product logs 15.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 5.2 assists per contest. On Mar. 28 versus the Hawks, White had 22 points, seven boards and five assists.
