PHOENIX – The Phoenix Suns have ruled out Bradley Beal for today’s game against the Utah Jazz due to a knee injury.

Beal, who was not on the team’s injury report today, was spotted leaving the pregame shootaround before the rest of the team by Duane Rankin of the Arizona Republic.

“I think there was just some random knee swelling between yesterday and this morning – so we’ll see how he goes,” Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said before the game.

“He’s working right now, trying to prepare and see if he can go. The final decision has not yet been made. He, the medical staff (and I) will sit down and decide what he can do.”

This is obviously a huge disappointment for the Suns, who were expecting their starting lineup to be at full strength tonight with the return of Kevin Durant, who was sidelined with an ankle injury.

Beal himself has suffered from injury problems, dealing with a calf injury early in the season.

It’s possible that Devin Booker slides into the second guard spot and a mix of Ryan Dunn, Grayson Allen or Royce O’Neale comes into the starting lineup.

Phoenix is ​​on a three-game losing streak tonight and will be hoping to get back to winning ways with Durant back in the jersey. The Suns face one of the league’s worst teams (5-18) in Utah, so Phoenix should get a win tonight – with or without Beal’s talents.