Suns’ Devin Booker out at least a week with right ankle sprain, will be re-evaluated
Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker will be sidelined for at least a week, after which his ankle injury will be reevaluated. The team announced Booker’s status on Sunday.
Booker was injured during Friday night’s 110-103 loss to the Atlanta Hawks. He turned his right ankle in the final seconds of the third quarter as he stepped on the foot of Hawks center Onyeka Okongwu. Booker didn’t see Okongwu as he watched Grayson Allen lose the ball out of bounds. With his head turned to the right, he did not see Okongwu and ran into him.
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Booker was running back down the field with his head turned towards Grayson Allen trying to save a loose ball from going out of bounds. As a result, Booker collided with Okongwu and hit the bridge in pain.
“He seems to be in a good spot,” Suns coach Jordan Ott said, via the Arizona Republic, presumably referring to the fact that Booker did not suffer a more serious injury.
“Any time you put someone out there like that, it’s not nice and it was really unfortunate,” he added. “He felt so good at the end of the third quarter… We know he’s an incredible healer and a guy who’s going to do whatever it takes to play next. That’s encouraging news.”
Before leaving the game, Booker had 31 points (shooting 5 of 9 on 3-pointers) with 4 rebounds and 3 assists. For the season, he is averaging 25.4 points, 6.2 assists and 4 rebounds while shooting 31% from 3. The Suns are sixth in the Western Conference with a 27-18 record under first-year coach Ott.
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Phoenix also lost Jalen Green to a hamstring injury in Friday’s game. The fifth-year guard was playing his second game after missing 33 consecutive games with a right hamstring strain. Green has only appeared in four games for the Suns since being acquired in a trade for Kevin Durant. He scored four points in four minutes before leaving the game.
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Green missed Sunday’s 111-102 loss to the Miami Heat after being listed as questionable on the NBA’s injury report before the game.