The Utah Jazz have one new name on their injury report leading up to tip-off against the Portland Trail Blazers this week. The one new name in question is backup center Jusuf Nurkic, who's wound up carving a decent rotational role in the frontcourt behind Walker Kessler, but now sees his status up in the air against the Trail Blazers.

SALT LAKE CITY – The Phoenix Suns stormed all the way back from a 20-point deficit to force overtime, but fell to the Utah Jazz, 138-134, before a sellout crowd of 18,186, Monday, Oct. 27, at Delta Center. Keyonte George put the Jazz (2-1) up for good, 136-134, with 40.2 seconds left.

Although the NOLA Sweetie Pies are a fairly new performance name on the New Orleans music scene, where seasoned musicians routinely team up and reconfigure under new monikers, this high-spirited

The Phoenix Suns fell in overtime as Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen scored a career-high 51 points and the Suns allowed 28 rebounds in a 138-134 loss to Utah at Delta Center. Phoenix fell to 1-3 while the Jazz improved to 2-1.

The Phoenix Suns have dropped their last three games, all on the road, after winning their season opener at home.