Jordan Goodwin will not play Sunday against Oklahoma City because of an ankle injury, according to Amanda Pflugrad of 3TV Phoenix. The update comes after Goodwin started in three consecutive games before missing Friday’s 101-73 loss to the Lakers.
Goodwin’s absence leaves the Suns without a player who had recently settled into a larger role. With him sidelined, Rasheer Fleming and Jamaree Bouyea should be in line for more work against the Thunder.
The timing matters because Sunday’s matchup arrives with Goodwin already coming off a missed game and the team needing to adjust its rotation again. His ankle injury has now taken him from a stretch of three straight starts to another night on the sideline, forcing Phoenix to lean deeper into its backcourt and wing options.
The next move belongs to the Suns’ rotation, and Fleming and Bouyea appear to be first in line to absorb the minutes Goodwin leaves behind. If Goodwin cannot return quickly, the injury will keep reshaping a role that had just started to grow.
