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Remind me next time

Phoenix Suns v New Orleans Pelicans – (Sat, 03:35, BT Sport)

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Pelicans +6.5pts@10/11

As we come down the stretch in the regular NBA season, the welfare of the playing personnel becomes vitally important with injuries and on that front both the Suns and the Pelicans have been badly affected. While tonight’s road team have only 2014/15 to look forward to, the Suns remain on the cusp of the post season and need to snap out of the two game home defeat run and three defeat run-up in the last three weeks.

It goes without saying that Ant Davis is the main cog in a faltering Pelicans wheel, but he is not certain to start tonight while Goran Dragic gives the Suns an extra dimension turning them from an average set-up to a pretty good team set to make a wave or two in the play-offs.

With Memphis breathing heavily down their necks for that eighth seed berth in the Western Conference, this is the type of game that the Suns need to despatch with harder looking fixtures ahead over the next fortnight, to give them confidence coming down the last lane.

If Dragic returns and Gerard Green shows up as he did against the Jazz last week then Phoenix will win, but it may not be all that comfortable.