Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker has been dominated out of Saturday’s residence sport in opposition to Detroit Pistons on account of left groin tightness. The 28-year-old Booker sat out observe Friday, in the future after sustaining the damage within the third quarter of a 120-111 loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Devin Booker will miss Saturday’s contest, his first regular-season sport missed since March 9 versus the Boston Celtics
Booker exited with 5:18 left within the third quarter in opposition to Indiana and was examined within the locker room earlier than being dominated out. The four-time All-Star had 17 factors and 6 assists in 25 minutes and made 5 of 10 pictures.
Phoenix hasn’t but given a timetable for the way lengthy Booker is likely to be sidelined. Saturday will mark Booker’s first missed sport of the 2024-25 season.
Booker appeared to have suffered the damage within the first half in opposition to Indiana, however Suns coach Mike Budenholzer believed the 10-year veteran skilled tightness within the second half.
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“We talked somewhat bit about it within the again,” Budenholzer stated. “[Booker] doesn’t bear in mind a play or is aware of precisely when or the place it occurred, however I’m fairly positive it was someday early within the third quarter.”
“Hopefully, it’s nothing severe,” Suns huge man Jusuf Nurkic stated of Booker’s damage. “For me, it’s part of the sport. We’ve received to determine it out.”
Suns famous person Kevin Durant additionally addressed Booker leaving Thursday’s loss to Indiana.
“You hate that accidents can get in the way in which of lovely basketball, the sport of basketball,” Durant stated. “It’s part of it, but it surely nonetheless sucks, powerful to take. Hopefully, Booker will get higher by the hour. We’ll see how he feels the following couple of days and go from there.”
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December has been a traditionally terrible month for Devin Booker in terms of accidents.
Final season, Booker suffered a proper ankle sprain in a loss at Toronto on Nov. 29, 2023. He missed the following sport on Dec. 1, 2023, in opposition to Denver, however returned on Dec. 2, versus Memphis.
In December 2022, Booker had three setbacks: left hamstring tightness, which sidelined him two video games; a left groin damage, leading to him lacking the following three video games; and he re-aggravated the damage inside 5 minutes of a 128-125 extra time highway loss and didn’t return. The Kentucky product missed at the very least 4 weeks due to the groin damage.
Then in December 2021, Booker missed seven video games after he suffered a left hamstring damage within the second quarter of a 104-96 win over the Golden State Warriors on Nov. 30, 2021.
The listing goes on and on, courting again to 2018.
By 26 video games (all begins) this season, Booker is averaging 25.1 factors, 3.7 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 1.1 steals, and 36.6 minutes per contest whereas capturing 43.9% from the sphere, 34.5% from 3-point vary, and 89.9% on the free throw line.
Within the Phoenix Suns’ 120-117 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Nov. 17, he recorded a season-high 44 factors on 15-of-29 (51.7%) capturing from the ground, 6-of-13 (46.2%) from past the arc, and 8-of-9 (88.9%) on the foul line.
