Phoenix Suns ' guard Bradley Beal will miss Thursday’s home game against New Orleans as a late scratch with left calf tightness. Beal is coming off a 24-point effort in Tuesday’s 151-148 overtime loss at Memphis as he played a season-high 43 minutes. Beal also delivered a season-high 11 assists in the defeat.

The Phoenix Suns are 2-10 in their last 12 games, and will be without Bradley Beal for their upcoming game against the New Orleans Pelicans.

The Pelicans are ruling out Zion Williamson (return to conditioning), Dejounte Murray (Achilles rupture) and CJ McCollum (rest) along with Herbert Jones (torn rotator cuff) and Brandon Boston (left ankle sprain).

PHOENIX (AP) — Zion Williamson had his first career triple-double with ... but it's not translating to good overall basketball. Starting guard Bradley Beal (calf) didn't play. Karlo Matkovic hit a corner 3 with 3:24 left to put the Pelicans up 116-108.

The Phoenix Suns host the New Orleans Pelicans for the first matchup of a back-to-back happening on Thursday/Friday. There's no doubting the importance of these two games for the

Devin Booker scored the game-high 36 points with nine assists and Kevin Durant put up 28 points. This was the Suns’ third consecutive loss and second straight loss to the Pelicans in their three-game season series.

The New Orleans Pelicans have made key injury decisions on Zion Williamson and C.J. McCollum ahead of Friday night's matchup against the Phoenix Suns.

It has been more than 5 1/2 years since Zion Williamson was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 NBA Draft, and it often feels as if he has yet to get his career going.

Zion Williamson scored 27 points, matched his career high of 11 assists and collected 10 rebounds for his first career triple-double while leading the New Orleans Pelicans to a solid 124-116 road victory over the struggling Phoenix Suns.