Sacramento @ Phoenix preview

Last Meeting ( Dec 29, 2017 ) Phoenix 111, Sacramento 101

The Phoenix Suns are running out of time to snap a long losing streak but they may have their best remaining chance to do so when the Sacramento Kings pay a visit to Arizona on Tuesday. The Suns' 15-game slide is a team record and has them on a verge of clinching the worst record in the NBA.

Breaking into the win column has proven difficult without leading scorer Devin Booker, who has missed eight straight games with a hand issue and is listed as questionable for this one. Phoenix put up an admirable fight while visiting Western Conference heavyweights Houston and Golden State, falling on a buzzer-beater at the Rockets and then dropping a 117-110 decision against the Warriors on Sunday. "I think our guys compete well for young guys playing against this team," Suns interim coach Jay Triano told reporters in Oakland. The Kings are also giving their young players plenty of experience down the stretch and one of them - Buddy Hield - has heated up, scoring 19 points to lead his team to an 84-83 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday.

TV: 10 p.m. ET, NBCS California (Sacramento), FS Arizona (Phoenix)

ABOUT THE KINGS (25-53): Hield has scored at least 19 points in eight of his last nine games and is 11-of-17 from 3-point range over a three-game stretch as he continues to lead the second unit. "We have a lot of energy and we try to build off the (starters)," Hield told the media after Sacramento's bench outscored Los Angeles' reserves 37-19. "If they bring energy or not, we try to capitalize." Bogdan Bogdanovic led the starters with 15 points on 6-of-7 shooting.

ABOUT THE SUNS (19-59): Josh Jackson has become the go-to guy with Booker and TJ Warren (knee) both sidelined, and the rookie out of Kansas averaged 24.5 points on the 0-2 road trip. Troy Daniels had been providing solid support on the offensive end but was limited to two points in 18 minutes before aggravating an ankle injury against the Warriors. "When Troy went down we lost all of our experience, four years of experience," Triano - who gave 222 of the 240 available minutes to first- or second-year players - told reporters.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Suns PF Marquese Chriss averages 7.5 points but has scored in double figures in eight straight games.

2. Kings PG De'Aaron Fox is 1-for-19 from beyond the arc over a span of 10 contests.

3. Phoenix took two of the first three meetings.

PREDICTION: Kings 112, Suns 110