This is the Suns' fourth straight game on the road and second of their four-game season series against the Jazz.
Kevin Durant is returning after missing the past 3.5 games from his left ankle sprain. But Bradley Beal was ruled out with right knee swelling. He had been listed as questionable just hours before the Suns-Jazz game.
Beal's absence delays Phoenix's Big 3 reunion among Devin Booker, Durant and Beal. The Suns are on a three-game losing streak without Durant, and are currently 10th in the Western Conference standings.
Led by forward Lauri Markkanen and John Collins, the struggling Jazz are 14th in the West, and have lost six of their last seven.
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Devin Booker's 12 points on 5-of-8 shooting leads all scorers, but Phoenix was down 39-38 to Utah after a tight first quarter. Kevin Durant had seven points, thus far.
Utah's Lauri Markkanen also has a hot start with 11 points, hitting 4-of-4.
The largest lead was six by the Jazz, and the Suns' was three. The top highlight was Booker's logo 3 to beat the shot clock at 8:28, which tied the game at 14.
Both teams shot well from 3. The Suns are a red-hot 7-of-10 and the Jazz are 8-of-12.
The Suns are starting Tyus Jones and Devin Booker in the backcourt, Royce O'Neale replacing Beal, Durant, and Jusuf Nurkic in the middle.
The Jazz will open with Keyonte George, Collin Sexton, Markkanen, Collins, and Walker Kessler at center.
Phoenix's starting center Jusuf Nurkic is available after he missed the team's past five games from right thigh contusion.
Utah's Markkanen (injury management) has been upgraded from questionable to available, and the same for Jordan Clarkson (left plantar fasciitis) now in. Shooting guard Svi Mykhailiuk (groin) and forward Taylor Hendricks (right leg, ankle surgery) are out.