Deandre Ayton's Final Injury Status For Suns-Jazz Game

On Monday night, the Phoenix Suns will be in Salt Lake City to face off with the Utah Jazz.    

For the game, they will have one of their best players back in the starting lineup, as Deandre Ayton has been upgraded to available.    

The former Arizona star had missed each of the last four games.   

Underdog NBA: "Deandre Ayton (hip) listed available to play Monday."

Ayton is in the middle of another productive season with averages of 18.3 points, 10.1 rebounds and 1.8 assists per contest in 61 games while shooting 58.9% from the field. 

The Suns are the fourth seed in the Western Conference with a 39-35 record in 74 games.  

They are 4-6 in their last ten games and 15-23 in the 38 games they have played on the road away from Arizona.  

In 2021, the Suns made the NBA Finals, and last year they had the best record (64-18) in the league during the regular season.  

As for the Jazz, they are the 12th seed in the Western Conference with a 35-39 record in 74 games. 

Over the last ten games, they have gone 4-6, and they are in the middle of a three-game losing streak.  

At home, the Jazz have been good, going 22-15 in the 37 games they have hosted in Salt Lake City. 

Last season, they lost to the Dallas Mavericks in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. 

However, they have a much different roster after trading away Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert over the offseason.