The Phoenix Suns will face a very undermanned Denver Nuggets team Friday night at Footprint Center.
Denver, which holds the No. 1 seed in the Western Conference with a 51-25 record, will not have four starters for the game. Starting center and MVP candidate Nikola Jokic (right calf tightness), starting point guard Jamal Murray (left knee injury management), forward Michael Porter Jr. (left heel injury management) and guard Kenatavious Caldwell-Pope (non-COVID illness) are all out.
The Nuggets will also not have guard Collin Gillespie due to a lower right leg fracture.
Those absences will give the Suns, who are the No.