Suns injury update. Phoenix down 4 players to begin homestand vs Bucks

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The Phoenix Suns look to end a four-game skid on Saturday, March 21, against the Milwaukee Bucks as they ended a six-game road trip March 19 with a 101-100 loss to the San Antonio Spurs.

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Victor Wembanyama hit a game-winning jumper with 1.1 seconds to stun the Suns (39-31), who led by as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter.

“We just need to keep going,” Suns rookie Rasheer Fleming said. “We were right there, but games can change just like that. We were up for the most part. It just flipped just like that off little stuff like the free throws, but other stuff happened in the game, too. It can just change just like that, but overall, we're right there. We can just turn this around just as fast as that game turned around. So we just all need to keep our heads up.”

Seventh in the West, the Suns have clinched a play-in position as they are three games behind the Denver Nuggets (42-28) for sixth and the Houston Rockets (41-27) for fifth. Denver and Houston have the head-to-head tiebreaker over the Suns, who face both teams one more time in the regular season at home.

Grayson Allen is questionable for the Bucks game with what the Suns are listing now as left knee inflammation.

Initially diagnosed with left knee soreness, Allen has missed Phoenix’s last two games.

Royce O’Neale is listed as questionable with left knee soreness, as he missed his first game of the season on March 19 against the Spurs.

The Suns will be without Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture), Amir Coffey (left ankle sprain), Haywood Highsmith (right knee injury management) and Mark Williams (left foot third metatarsal stress reaction).

Coffey sprained his left ankle in the first half of the Spurs loss and missed the second half.

Highsmith will miss a second straight game as he was initially added to Phoenix’s injury report after morning shootaround.

Brooks hasn’t played since Feb. 21 as the Suns announced Feb. 24 he’d be re-evaluated in 4-to-6 weeks. He’s been getting up shots with a protective brace on the non-shooting hand.

The Suns are 6-7 during this stretch without Brooks, their second-leading scorer at 20.9 points a game.

As for the 7-footer Williams, he’s missed nine straight games with the foot injury. The Suns announced March 5 that Williams would be re-evaluated in 2-to-3 weeks.

Phoenix is 4-5 in the seven consecutive games Williams has missed.

Devin Booker isn't on the injury report after he tweaked his right ankle on a half-court heave to end the loss as he stepped on Spurs guard De’Aaron Fox’s foot.

The Suns were down Brooks, Williams, O’Neale, Allen and Highsmith going into the Spurs game.

The Bucks (28-41) will be without Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee hyperextension bone bruise), while Gary Harris (left groin contusion) and Kevin Porter Jr. (right knee synovitis) are listed as questionable.

The Suns defeated the Bucks, 129-114, on March 10 to begin that six-game road trip.

Phoenix faces Denver during this upcoming four-game homestand on March 24 and takes on Houston on April 7 in what will be Kevin Durant’s return game.

The Suns are 0-3 against the Rockets and 0-2 versus the Nuggets.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Short-handed Phoenix Suns look to end 4-game skid vs Bucks

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