P.J. Tucker’s production has slipped this young season in Phoenix — he is coming off the bench and giving them 6.6 points and 5.6 rebounds a night — but they still count on him for better than 25 minutes a night of physical, veteran play.
Except they didn’t have him Monday night in Boston.
He was suspended for a violation of team rules and was inactive for the game, although Paul Coro of the Arizona Republic has the details.
P.J. Tucker is inactive for #SunsAtCeltics tonight because he missed the team bus to the airport in L.A. yesterday.
— Paul Coro (@paulcoro) November 17, 2014
It ended up not mattering as the Suns got the win behind a big night from brothers Markieff Morris and Marcus Morris: 43 points on 29 shots, plus 12 rebounds, 12 assists, and 5 steals. With Tucker out rookie T.J. Warren got his first meaningful run and was 3-of-5 shooting and hit a key three in the fourth quarter. He looked like a guy who should see the floor more.