Devoted NBA fans recognize how appropriate this matchup is in the NBA Play-In Tournament. If two teams both delightfully surprised their fans and largely flew below the general radar all season, they were the Portland Trail Blazers and the Phoenix Suns. Shining a spotlight on the pair is appropriate.
This same-game parlay, one of many Trail Blazers vs. Suns predictions and NBA picks for the Play-In Tournament, respects Phoenix’s backcourt more than anything else Tuesday night.
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The Phoenix Suns have hardly gotten to enjoy all three of Devin Booker, Jalen Green, and Dillon Brooks at the same time. A hip contusion and a hamstring worry kept Green sidelined until the All-Star Break, at which point Brooks broke his hand, and then Booker suffered an ankle concern.
The good news: All three look available for the Play-In Tournament.
The bad news: Green appeared to injure his knee last week against the Mavericks just four minutes into the game, and he may actually be limited against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night.
This backcourt should bother nearly any opponent if it's ever in sync and fully healthy at the same time. If that happens to be this week, then how will Portland defend all three? Devote Jrue Holiday to Booker to the best results possible, sure, but then?
The Trail Blazers best approach would be to get the ball out of Green’s hands and risk whatever damage Brooks does or does not inflict. High usage from Brooks can giveth as much as it taketh, a risk the Suns will have to take regardless of Green’s status, but even more so if he is indeed limited at all.
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