The Suns, who lost for the sixth time in seven games, played without Jusuf Nurkic, serving the second of his three-game suspension for his involvement in a fight with the Dallas Mavericks on Friday.

Devin Booker returned from a sore left groin that sidelined him for five games, but Bradley Beal went down with a left hip contusion and didn’t play the final three quarters of Phoenix’s 117-112 loss ...