{"id":504907,"date":"2026-03-05T08:42:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504907\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T08:42:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T08:42:10","slug":"mark-williams-ruled-out-for-suns-matchup-vs-bulls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/504907\/","title":{"rendered":"Mark Williams ruled out for Suns&#8217; matchup vs. Bulls"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>Mark Williams (left foot soreness) has been ruled out for the Phoenix Suns\u2019 matchup against the Chicago Bulls on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Dillon Brooks (left hand fracture) and Jordan Goodwin (left calf strain) remain out for Phoenix, per <a href=\"https:\/\/ak-static.cms.nba.com\/referee\/injury\/Injury-Report_2026-03-04_10_00PM.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Wednesday\u2019s NBA injury report.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Williams missed time earlier this season due to right knee injury management. He did not play back-to-backs until mid-January as Phoenix slow-played the big man.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a career-high 56 games this season, the <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/suns-center-ighodaro\/3613414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Suns\u2019 starting center<\/a> is averaging 11.6 points (on 63.3% shooting), 8.1 rebounds and an assist per game.<\/p>\n<p>Bulls\u2019 injury report vs. Suns<\/p>\n<p>Chicago has a long injury list, with several players out for Thursday\u2019s game, including Zach Collins (right first toe surgery), Jaden Ivey (left patellofemoral pain syndrome) and Anfernee Simons (left ulnar styloid fracture).<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Josh Giddey (right ankle sprain) and Matas Buzelis (right ankle sprain) are questionable, while former Sun Jalen Smith (right calf strain) and Patrick Williams (right quadricep strain) are doubtful.<\/p>\n<p>Suns-Bulls tips off from Mortgage Matchup Center at 7 p.m. Listen to the game on 98.7 and the Arizona Sports app.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Leasure96\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @Leasure96<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mark Williams (left foot soreness) has been ruled out for the Phoenix Suns\u2019 matchup against the Chicago Bulls&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504908,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[355,99],"class_list":["post-504907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-nba","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=504907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/504907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=504907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=504907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=504907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}