The wayward season of the Phoenix Suns continued on Tuesday night when Devin Booker left the floor with what appeared to be a groin injury. On Wednesday the team learned it might be missing the 21-year-old for at least a fortnight.
Booker was hurt on Tuesday night in a game against the Toronto Raptors when he awkwardly came up lame at midcourt while trying to pressure the Raptors ball handler. He had to be carried off the court, though interim Suns coach Jay Triano tried to be optimistic about the injury after the game.
“I’ve seen guys get carried off and play the next day and guys not,” Triano told ESPN. “I’ll let the doctors figure out the severity of it. I’m sure they’ll have to do an MRI or something to see and make sure we take care of him the right way.”
The team announced shortly afterward that Booker had suffered a strained adducator, and the Suns announced Booker will miss 2-3 weeks with the injury.
BOOKER INJURY UPDATE: Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker sustained a left adductor strain in the fourth quarter of Tuesday night’s game at Toronto. Following further evaluation and an MRI, his expected recovery time is approximately two to three weeks. pic.twitter.com/NSKLIOssoi
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) December 6, 2017
Booker is the focal point of the offense for the Suns, so this is a big blow to a team that’s already fired its coach and traded away another one of its best players. We’ll see how Josh Jackson steps up in Booker’s absence. The injury happened with less than three minutes to go in the game so we saw little of what Phoenix looks like without him, but we’re certainly about to find out more.
