Two squads mired in skids at a bad point in the season meet Tuesday night when the Phoenix Suns host the Los Angeles Clippers. The underachieving Suns have lost 11 of their last 14 games and sat four games out of the final Western Conference play-in spot entering Monday's games.

Kawhi Leonard had his best game of the season in Sunday’s loss to the Lakers, but James Harden is in a funk and Norman Powell, Derrick Jones Jr. and Ben Simmons are trying to get healthy.

Phoenix and Los Angeles will take the floor in a matchup of Western Conference opponents. Tuesday's meeting is the first this season for the two squads.

Norman Powell's absences have contributed to a 1-5 record since the All-Star break and the sixth seed in the West seemingly slipping away.

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Luka Doncic scores 29 points as the Lakers hold on for a 108-102 victory without Austin Reaves and Rui Hachimura. LeBron James scores 17 points, falling one short of 50,000 for his career.

Powell was available for the first nine minutes of the game, but he subbed out with 3:13 left as he went to the locker room. The team later announced he will be out for the remainder of the contest due to right hamstring soreness, per ClutchPoints' Tomer Azarly.

The Los Angeles Lakers will try to keep a three-game home win streak alive when the Lakers face the Los Angeles Clippers.