Jusuf Nurkic was part of a trade that sent Deandre Ayton to the Portland Trail Blazers in 2023, but was traded last season.

The Suns will just have to wait a little bit longer for their returns. This article was originally published on www.si.com/nba/suns/onsi as Suns Receive Tough Injury News Ahead of Matchup vs Jazz.

Four days after Lauri Markkanen lit up the Phoenix Suns for a career-high 51 points, the Utah Jazz forward gets another crack at the Suns on Friday in the first night of NBA Cup play.

For the first time in 27 years, a Utah Jazz player has scored 50 points in a regular-season game. They needed every one of them, too. Lauri Markkanen’s 51-point, 14-rebound performance pushed the Jazz to an overtime win over the Phoenix Suns on Monday.

BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix aims to break its four-game slide when the Suns take on Utah. Phoenix finished 36-46 overall and 22-30 in Western Conference action last season. The Suns averaged 7.2 steals, 4.8 blocks and 13.2 turnovers per game last season.

Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points, the first Jazz player to reach 50 in the regular season since Karl Malone in 1998, and Utah beat the Phoenix Suns 138-134 in overtime on Monday night.

The Jazz initially unveiled the original red-to-orange gradient red rock-inspired City Edition jerseys ahead of the 2017-18 season. Variations of the same gradient were worn by the team through the 2019-20 season, per Basketball Jersey Archive.

The Memphis Grizzlies split their two-game road trip, and rookie Cedric Coward's performances might force them to put him in the starting lineup.