The Brooklyn Nets will be without their lead ball-handler on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns. D’Angelo Russell will be sidelined due to left hamstring tightness/injury management on the second night of a back-to-back.

Ben Simmons and D'Angelo Russell's statuses for Saturday's Nets-Heat matchup are unclear amid a losing streak.

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Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns (21-21) will visit the Brooklyn Nets (14-30) at Barclays Center on Wednesday, January 22. The game starts at 7:30 PM ET.In their last game on Monday, the Suns

Phoenix is notably coming off of an ugly loss at the hands of the NBA-best Cleveland Cavaliers, but the silver lining is that the Nets are currently boasting a 14-29 record and that the roster largely remains healthy going into the matchup. There are only two names on the current injury report, and the names have been mainstays over the last week.

The 21-21 Suns are playing the reeling Brooklyn Nets - who will be without Cameron Johnson, D'Angelo Russell, Ben Simmons, Trendon Watford, and Ziaire Williams in this contest.

BROOKLYN – Phoenix Suns guard Bradley Beal is ruled out of Wednesday’s game against Brooklyn at Barclays Center with a left ankle sprain after playing Monday at Cleveland following a two-game absence with the injury. “There’s soreness,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said before Wednesday’s game. “He's unable to go."

The Suns listed guard Bradley Beal as out (left ankle sprain) for Phoenix's game against an injury-hit Brooklyn Nets team on Wednesday.

Point-spread: Nets (+12.5) Over/Under: 215.5 Nets : OUT: Bojan Bogdanovic (foot), Maxwell Lewis (tibia), De'Anthony Melton (knee), D'Angelo Russell (hamstring), Cam Thomas (hamstring), Trendon Watford (hamstring), and Ziaire Williams (ankle). DOUBTFUL: Cam Johnson (ankle) and Ben Simmons (illness).

The Phoenix Suns will take a win any way they can. With the Brooklyn Nets down nine players, the Suns raced out to an early double-digit lead in a 108-84 victory Wednesday night before a crowd of 17,077 at Barclays Center to end a five-game road trip with a 3-2 mark.

The Brooklyn Nets will be without their lead ball-handler on Wednesday against the Phoenix Suns. D’Angelo Russell will be sidelined due to left hamstring tightness/injury management on the ...