Suns playing for now, Jazz for the future in Saturday meeting

The short-handed Phoenix Suns continue to hold out hope for a top-six finish in the Western Conference as they host the Utah Jazz -- a team that wins for losing -- on Saturday.

The Suns (40-33) have lost six of seven while playing without injured key contributors Dillon Brooks (hand) and Mark Williams (foot), and they are four games behind the Houston Rockets with nine to play in the race to stay out of the play-in round.

"We're just trying to get over the hump," said Suns guard Devin Booker...