Devin Booker

2022 - 4 - 20

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Suns playoff hopes now hang by a string - Devin Booker's hamstring (AZCentral.com)

Booker was on his way to a special night before leaving the game with hamstring injury.

Booker was 12 of 18 in the first half, including 7 of 10 from three-point range. The Suns missed him. He extended the baby’s arm, at the end of which was a tiny fist. They should still beat the Pelicans, the eighth seed. Now, their success in the post-season might be hanging on one. Suns coach Monty Williams, during his post-game press conference, said he had no additional information on Booker.

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Suns' Devin Booker leaves Game 2 with hamstring injury as ... (USA TODAY)

Phoenix lost more than just Game 2 of its first round series as Devin Booker sat out the entire fourth quarter of the loss with hamstring tightness.

After a 31-point first half, Booker took just one shot in the third quarter as New Orleans went into the fourth up seven points. Booker hit 7-of-10 from 3-point range in the first half. Mikal Bridges accounted for the other four points.

Suns' Devin Booker: Dealing with hamstring injury (CBSSports.com)

Booker went to the locker room during the third quarter of Tuesday's Game 2 against the Pelicans and may be dealing with a hamstring injury, Malika Andrews ...

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Devin Booker out with right hamstring tightness, Suns lose Game 2 ... (AZCentral.com)

Suns All-Star Devin Booker experienced right hamstring tightness in the second half of Tuesday's Game 2 versus New Orleans.

Booker hit 7-of-10 from 3 in the first half. Follow him on Twitter at @DuaneRankin. Devin Booker experienced right hamstring tightness in the third quarter after a 31-point first half and sat the entire fourth quarter of a 125-114 loss to the Pelicans before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint Center.

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Devin Booker dapped up a baby after hitting a shot in the NBA Playoffs (SB Nation)

Devin Booker couldn't miss after he gave a fist pound to a courtside baby.

The Pelicans won the game 125-114 after Booker went out with a hamstring injury. The Suns had to know Booker was in for a special night after he dapped up that baby. He ended the half with 31 points, punctuated by a a three-pointer that was nearly from the logo. Booker gave the baby a fist pound and jogged back down the floor. Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns have had a magical season. The vibes around the Suns have been tremendous all season, and Booker has been perhaps the biggest driving force of that both on and off the court.

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Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker exits Game 2 loss to New Orleans ... (ESPN Australia)

Phoenix star Devin Booker was forced from Tuesday night's Game 2 with a hamstring injury, and New Orleans took advantage of his exit to grab a ...

Last year during the NBA Finals, he suffered a hamstring injury in Game 3 but played through the issue and kept it a secret at the time. In November, he strained his left hamstring on a play similar to Tuesday's and missed seven games. But he didn't score in the third quarter, and with 4:45 left in the period, he appeared to tweak his right hamstring as he was jumping to challenge a Jaxson Hayes dunk in transition.

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Phoenix Suns Update on Devin Booker Playoff Hamstring Injury (Valley of the Suns)

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker injured his hamstring in Game 2 of the First Round vs the New Orleans Pelicans tonight. Here's everything we know so far.

With it being the playoffs, Phoenix will likely try to find out more tonight, but when Booker did last injure his hamstring, the Suns waited until the next day to conduct their tests on it. However, neither Booker nor that second consecutive victory could be seen once the final buzzer blared tonight, as the Suns fell to the Pelicans 125-114. That injury forced Booker to miss seven games in total across two weeks.

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Devin Booker injury update: Suns star leaves Game 2 vs. Pelicans ... (Sporting News AU)

Booker scored 31 points on 12-of-19 shooting in 25 minutes before suffering the injury.

In 68 regular season games, Booker averaged 26.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists, earning the third All-Star selection of his career. After running past Hayes, Booker reached down and grabbed his right hamstring. Booker scored 31 points on 12-of-19 shooting in 25 minutes.

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Suns' Devin Booker fist-bumps baby after hitting fadeaway at buzzer (Arizona Sports)

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker dapped up a Valley baby after hitting a fadeaway at the buzzer to end the first quarter.

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Devin Booker Exits Suns' Game 2 Loss to Pelicans With Hamstring ... (Sports Illustrated)

The All-Star left the game in the third quarter with right hamstring tightness after dropping 31 points in the first half.

During the possession before he left the game, Booker jumped to contest a fast break, and subsequently returned to the fourth quarter in his warmup gear. The series is now tied 1–1 with Game 3 set for Friday in New Orleans. Phoenix was only down by three when the All-Star guard, who dropped 31 points in the first half, left the game.

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Devin Booker injury: Latest updates on hamstring tightness for Suns ... (SB Nation)

Booker left Game 2 of the Suns' first round series against the Pelicans with hamstring tightness.

The Pelicans proved how tough they are with this Game 2 win. For now, the team is calling it right hamstring tightness. Booker was on fire to start the game, scoring 31 points in the first half and even dapping up a courtside baby after one difficult make. This isn’t Booker’s first hamstring injury this season. He injured his left hamstring in late Nov. and missed seven games. Here’s the play.

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Devin Booker injury update: Suns star to undergo testing on ... (CBSSports.com)

But in the third quarter, Booker went back to the locker room with an apparent injury. Suns coach Monty Williams revealed afterward that Booker was dealing with ...

All the Suns can hope for now is a positive prognosis on Booker's hamstring. The Suns, heavily favored at home, went on to lose Game 2 to the Pelicans, 125-114, and find themselves tied in their series up at one game apiece. Seven of those missed games were due to a hamstring injury Booker suffered in November, and while there's no telling how serious this one is, that one kept him out for a little less than three weeks.

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SI:AM | How Booker's Injury Could Change the NBA Playoffs (Sports Illustrated)

Devin Booker was sidelined in Game 2 against the Pelicans with what the team is calling "right hamstring tightness."

They were married in 1966 and were still together when the Runner’s World piece was published. In the early 1960s, Margaret Ellison ran the Texas Track Club, an Abilene-based team of girls and young women with their sights set on the ’64 Olympics in Tokyo. But Ellison was more concerned with appearances. We all go to the beauty shop before each meet, so we can get beautiful and get our minds off the meet. I had to go back to the motel and do it myself. I wrote on Monday about a group of women athletes who, before the passage of Title IX went to extreme lengths to train seriously for their sports. The team didn’t provide any update on the injury, and it would be silly to speculate about the severity of it. “I’m trying to change the stereotyped image of the track girl,” Ellison told SI’s Gilbert Rogin. “Every year we have a good-looking team and good-looking uniforms—none of those bags. Answer: Florida State. Mauer turned down offers from Minnesota, Arizona and Miami to sign with the Seminoles but gave up football after his hometown Twins picked him first in the 2001 MLB draft. At 6'4", 205 pounds, Mauer was the top-ranked football recruit in the nation as a senior. The series is now tied 1–1 as it shifts to New Orleans, and the focus will be on Booker’s status. … Jerry West’s legal team has requested an apology from HBO over his portrayal in the series Winning Time. … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also ripped the series in a written piece. Brandon Ingram was the star of the game, leading all scorers with 37 points (26 in the second half) and adding 11 rebounds and nine assists.

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Suns star Devin Booker leaves Game 2 loss to Pelicans early with ... (Yahoo Sports)

Devin Booker left in the second half with tightness in his right hamstring, and did not return.

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How long is Devin Booker out? Hamstring injury recovery time ... (Sporting News)

Devin Booker left Phoenix's Game 2 loss to New Orleans with a hamstring injury. Here's everything we know about his status moving forward.

With him on the bench, the Suns scored at a rate of 107.5 points per 100 possessions but held teams to 102.8 points per 100 possessions. With Booker on the court this season, the Suns scored at a rate of 117.6 points per 100 possessions and limited teams to 108.1 points per 100 possessions, which was equivalent to the best offensive rating in the league and a top-four defense. Booker is having the best season yet of his career. In Phoenix's Game 2 loss to New Orleans, three-time All-Star Devin Booker left in the third quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return. The Suns were also without Chris Paul during that stretch and yet still managed to go 3-1, their lone loss coming against the Bucks. “But we are 1-1, it’s a long series, and we get to go to their place and we will do what we do.

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Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker fist-bumps baby in NBA Playoffs loss to ... (AZCentral.com)

The Suns' loss to the New Orleans Pelicans was quite forgettable for many Suns fans. It did provide a very memorable moment, however.

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Devin Booker's Hamstring Injury 'Mild,' Game 3 Status Still Unknown ... (Sports Illustrated)

He is the only player on his team with an average above 20 points. He has averaged 28 points in the first two playoff games this year. On Tuesday night, Booker ...

This is not the guard’s first bout of hamstring injuries. On Tuesday night, Booker scored 31 points in the first half of the game, which the Pelicans eventually won the contest, 125-114. He has averaged 28 points in the first two playoff games this year.

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Suns guard Devin Booker out indefinitely with hamstring injury (NBA.com)

Phoenix's leading scorer suffered a right hamstring injury in Game 2 that will cause him to be out of the lineup.

Overall, he is averaging 28 points, three rebounds and 4.5 assists in the playoffs after posting 26.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.8 apg during the regular season. Suns guard Chris Paul said the injury was no excuse for the Game 2 loss. Booker sustained the injury in Tuesday’s Game 2, which the Suns lost 125-114 to even the series 1-1. He missed multiple games earlier in the season with a hamstring injury. On the possession before he departed, Booker jumped to contest a fastbreak dunk by New Orleans’ Jaxson Hayes, but it wasn’t immediately clear that he was hurt. Per the Suns, Booker has a mild right hamstring strain and “there is no timetable for his return.”

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Devin Booker injury update: Suns star likely out Games 3 and 4 vs ... (CBSSports.com)

Booker had scored 31 points before his injury and did not return in Game 2's loss on Tuesday night.

Seven of those missed games were due to a hamstring injury Booker suffered in November, and while there's no telling how serious this one is, that one kept him out for a little less than three weeks. However, Booker's right hamstring strain is believed to be mild and he isn't being ruled out of the series yet, per Wojnarowski. The Suns, heavily favored at home, went on to lose Game 2 to the Pelicans, 125-114, and find themselves tied in their series up at one game apiece.

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Phoenix Suns' Devin Booker likely to miss Games 3 and 4 vs. New ... (ESPN)

Suns star Devin Booker is likely to miss Games 3 and 4 in New Orleans with a mild right hamstring strain, but hasn't been ruled out for the rest of the ...

During the 2020-21 regular season, he also had a left hamstring injury and missed four games. He immediately asked for a timeout and went to the locker room. But he didn't score in the third quarter, and with 4:45 left in the period, he appeared to tweak his right hamstring as he was jumping to challenge a Jaxson Hayes dunk in transition.

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NBA Rumors: Devin Booker to miss Games 3 and 4 vs. Pelicans (Sir Charles In Charge)

NBA Rumors: According to recent reporting, Devin Booker is expected to miss the next two games in the first-round NBA Playoff series vs. New Orleans.

For everything that the Suns have on the line this postseason, this has to be considered the best-case scenario considering what could’ve been the outcome of Tuesday night’s injury scare. The good news is that Booker is not severely injured and that he will likely be able to return either toward the end of this series or at the start of the second round. Or until he’s fully healthy.

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Devin Booker Unlikely To Play In Games 3, 4? (hoopsrumors.com)

Booker left Game 2 on Tuesday due to what the Suns referred to as right hamstring tightness.

As Windhorst notes, Booker missed seven games earlier this season due to a hamstring strain that affected his left leg. We’ve done that all year long.” “If we have to play without Book, next man up.

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Suns confirm Devin Booker has hamstring strain, reportedly could ... (NBC Sports)

The Suns officially confirmed that Devin Booker has a strained hamstring and reports suggest he will miss games 3 and 4 in New Orleans.

Booker scored 31 points in the first half, but the usually clutch Suns struggled down the stretch in Game 2 without him, a game the Pelicans won to even the series. As a result, teams tend to be cautious with returns from these injuries, which is why Booker missed seven games back in November with a hamstring strain. The team officially says there is no timeline for his return.

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Suns news: Devin Booker sighting gives Phoenix fans major hope (ClutchPoints)

Devin Booker's status remains unclear after his hamstring injury, but it is worth noting he joined the Suns in their trip to New Orleans.

Of course it is possible that Devin Booker just wants to join the team to show his support. Considering that, it wouldn’t have made sense for the Suns to include him in their trip instead of letting him rest and recover from his injury. There are concerns about his status for the series, especially since hamstring injuries can be tricky to deal with.

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