PHOENIX — After Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker exited Thursday’s 120-111 loss to the Indiana Pacers in the third quarter with groin tightness, the Suns announced that the star would miss at least the next two games with left groin soreness.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!Ahead of their matchup against the Detroit Pistons Saturday, Suns coach Mike Budenholzer gave updates on Booker’s injury and how he’s progressing.
Considering that the Suns announced Booker would be out for the next two games (Saturday vs Detroit and Monday @ Denver) and re-evaluated early next week, a natural target return date for the star guard would be on Christmas day at home against the Denver Nuggets. However, Budenholzer noted that they will have to see how things progress for Booker over the coming days.
"We just got to see how the next couple of days go."
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Booker has had a history of left groin/hamstring injuries throughout his career. Due to the fact, Budenholzer and the Phoenix medical staff are aware of the care that Booker needs to rehab his injury.
“There’s definitely an awareness,” Budenholzer said ahead of their game against the Pistons of Booker’s injury history. “Me being new, it’s definitely been brought up. I don’t think it’s going to change to be over-analyzed.”
The four-time All-Star guard played in each of Phoenix’s 26 games until being sidelined with his groin injury. He averaged 25.1 points, 3.7 points and 6.4 assists in 36.6 minutes per game in that span.
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Reporter Connor Moreno covers the Phoenix Suns for Burn City Sports. You can follow him on his X account, @cmorenosports, and on Bluesky, @cloading.bsky.social
