This game is the last for Deandre Ayton as part of his 25-game suspension for testing positive for a diuretic. He can return Tuesday night when the Suns visit the Los Angeles Clippers.... The Suns have recorded at least 29 assists in nine consecutive games, the longest such streak in team history and third-longest in the NBA over the last 25 years. Phoenix has 710 assists in the first 25 games of the season... Ricky Rubio has recorded at least 13 assists in five of his last seven games and leads the NBA in assists in December, averaging 12. 1 per game in the month.... Rubio has the most 13-assist games by a Phoenix player in a calendar month since Steve Nash had eight in March 2012....
(Subscription is required. League Pass is not available locally and is blacked out for nationally televised games. ) There are a variety of other streaming options, which are listed at www. nba. com/blazers/watchListen: Radio on KPOJ 620 AM in the Portland area. ABOUT THE SUNSThe San Antonio Spurs defeated Phoenix 121-119 in overtime Saturday night in Mexico City, handing the Suns their third loss in the last four games.... The Suns lost when Patty Mills swished a free throw jumper with 0. 3 seconds left as the Spurs polished off their fourth consecutive overtime game.... Ricky Rubio finished with 25 points and 13 assists and Frank Kaminsky added 22 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the loss.... Kaminsky reached the 20-point mark for the fourth time in the last six games....
Dario Saric has five double-doubles in his last 10 games.... The Suns are 6-9 at home this season.... Devin Booker averaged 25. 0 points and 4. 0 assists against the Blazers last season and has scored at least 20 points in each of his last five meetings with Portland. ABOUT THE BLAZERSPortland has not played since Thursday, when it opened a two-game trip with a 114-99 loss to the Denver Nuggets at the Pepsi Center.... Hassan Whiteside scored a career-high 33 points to go with 11 rebounds and Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points in the loss.... It was the Blazers’ fourth loss in the last six games.... This is the first of four meetings between the Blazers and Suns this season.
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