Steve Nash will sit out tonight and will likely miss Tuesday’s game in Los Angeles against the Clippers. But coach Terry Porter said he expects Nash to play in Thursday’s preseason game against New Orleans and be close to 100 percent for the Oct. 29 season opener in San Antonio.

 Nash said if it was a regular season game, he would have been able to play. But the Suns aren’t interested in taking any chances, in a preview of how things might be if he’s sore or gimpy down the road.

 Alando Tucker will miss his third straight game with hamstring problems, but is also close to playing and Thursday seems to be his target date as well. Porter said Shaquille O’Neal will also miss the Clippers game on Tuesday as the Suns monitor his workload before the season begins.

 Porter said Amare Stoudemire will make his debut off the bench tonight and he’d like him to play extended minutes in his stints to further his conditioning.

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