With 6:42 left in the third quarter of tonight’s 138-111 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers, the Suns decided to sub out Jusuf Nurkiu0107 with the team trailing 81-70 and never put their starting center back in.
Nurkiu0107 was coming off a game in which he posted 18 points, 19 rebounds and five assists in 32 minutes the Suns’ 121-115 loss to the Grizzlies Sunday. Tonight, he finished playing only 21 minutes, recording eight points, three rebounds and two assists. This was the Suns’ second straight game with all of the Big 3 healthy and only the sixth of the season.