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Suns' Richardson questionable against Spurs

by Tyler Bassett/Sports 620 KTAR (December 14th, 2009 @ 12:26pm)

PHOENIX - Phoenix Suns shooting guard Jason Richardson injured his right hand on Saturday night against the Denver Nuggets and is questionable for Tuesday night's game against the San Antonio Spurs.

Richardson hurt his shooting hand when he jammed it into a Nugget while playing defense.

At practice on Monday Richardson's hand was wrapped and he did not participate.

"It's a day-to-day thing," Richardson said.

Richardson had X-Rays taken on Monday morning and they came back negative.

With Leandro Barbosa already out nursing an ankle injury the Suns are limited at the shooting guard position.

Head coach Alvin Gentry did not tip his hand as to what the Suns would do if Richardson is not able to go.

"We have a lot of confidence in our guys on the bench and if [Richardson] can't go we'll have to have someone else step up," Gentry said.

Jared Dudley and Goran Dragic could see more minutes or Alando Tucker - who has only played in eight games and has not played in more than 12 minutes in any game.

Sports 620 KTAR's Craig Grialou contributed to this report.


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