The Phoenix Suns will aim to bounce back after a twenty five point loss to the Oklahoma City Thunder. The last three times they have lost by double digits they have responded with wins by an average margin of ten points. Additionally, the Suns have incentive for their true last attempt to get out of the play in round. Two games back of the sixth spot Pelicans, they have tonight and at the end of the week a home matchup against New Orleans. Take the Suns.

Jusuf Nurkic only recorded three rebounds against the Thunder on Friday. The Thunder don’t have a lot of size and they play at a fast pace, so Nurkic only logged 23 minutes. Prior to that, Nurkic had averaged 28 minutes and 14.1 rebounds over his previous 15 games. Expect him to see a lot of minutes against the Pelicans, who have plenty of size up front. The last time he faced them, Nurkic finished with 15 rebounds over 35 minutes. Take the over here.

The Suns go to New Orleans for the last leg of a long road trip, but they did have an extra day of rest over the Peleicans. The Suns have been very inconsistent which should be a suprise to absolutely nobody, but they have played up to good competition on the road in big spots (see win at Denver) and this qualifies as a similar big spot and a similar situation as their win in Denver as the Nuggets were down Jamal Murray and the Pelicans are still down Brandon Ingram. It'll be too much scoring from the Suns and they get the win.