Suns Make Final Oso Ighodaro Decision vs Nuggets

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PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns will have center Oso Ighodaro available tonight against the Denver Nuggets.

Ighodaro was listed as questionable in the build-up to tonight's NBA Cup opener with a right oblique strain, which has caused him to miss Phoenix's last two games, but coach Jordan Ott said pregame he was pointing in the right direction towards playing and now it's official.

Suns-Nuggets is set for a tip time just past 7:00 pm MST.

Ighodaro had ramped up his workload in recent days in hopes of playing tonight at Mortgage Matchup Center.

"This was his highest day back. It's helpful we've got a couple days — that's been good over the last week but we're going to be smart with him the same. We'll see how he reacts [after] today's practice but he went through most of practice," Ott said back on Wednesday.

The Suns have suffered down low without typical starter Mark Williams and Ighodaro in the lineup. Phoenix, entering tonight, is second to last in team rebounds per night (39.7).

Defensive effort has been at the top of conversations around the Suns' facility this week, as Phoenix has been lacking on that side of the ball....