Mark Williams ruled out for Game 1 of Suns-Thunder, Grayson Allen available

The Phoenix Suns ruled center Mark Williams (left foot soreness) out of Sunday’s playoff series opener at the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Grayson Allen (left hamstring strain) was questionable for Sunday and is available after testing it out in warm-ups.

Williams previously played 22 minutes in Phoenix’s first play-in game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday before missing Friday’s second play-in game against the Golden State Warriors entirely.

He had a questionable designation for both play-in games as well as Sunday’s Game 1 before being ruled out.

Williams has started 55 of his 60 games played this season, averaging 11.7 points, eight rebounds and 0.9 blocks in 23.6 minutes per game. He missed a stretch of 15 straight games in March with a stress reaction on that same left foot, appearing in four of the final six regular-season games.

Allen has played just 12.5 minutes since April 7, appearing in one contest on April 10 in which he suffered the hamstring injury. He was available in case of emergency Friday but did not enter the game.

Catch Game 1 at 12:30 p.m. MST on 98.7, the Arizona Sports app and online.

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