Bradley Beal and Durant both made their return for Tuesday’s showdown against the Los Angeles Lakers (10-7) at Footprint Center in NBA Cup West Group B play. The team's leading scorer at 27.6 points a game, Durant hit his first shot, 3-pointer, to begin a 23-point night in the Suns' 127-100 win to snap a five-game losing skid.

Kevin Durant had not played in 18 days, a stretch in which the Phoenix Suns won one game in seven tries, falling from the top of the Western Conference to the middle. Teammate Bradley Beal had not played in nearly as long,

Will the Suns be returning to full strength on Tuesday night NBA Cup affair vs. the Lakers, with Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal set to return?

The Phoenix Suns reportedly will have their stars Kevin Durant and Bradley Beal back in the lineup for Tuesday’s NBA Cup game against the Los Angeles Lakers ( 10 p.m. ET, TNT ). Both Durant and Beal have been sidelined for multiple weeks dealing with calf strain injuries.

The Phoenix Suns are appointment TV as long as they’re healthy. Do whatever you need to do to get ready. Take a nap. Change your work schedule. Put your kids to bed. Tell your honey you can’t talk about anything but basketball for a couple of hours.