US EditionSuns All-Star Guard Devin Booker Set to Return vs. Lakers After Missing 3 Games with Groin Strain
Devin Booker, averaging 25 points and 6.7 assists, is questionable after a groin injury that sidelined him for three games, impacting the Suns' scoring output.
- Devin Booker is listed as questionable for Sunday's Suns–Lakers game, with the four-time All-Star set to return if cleared.
- Booker has missed the past three games with a strained right groin after originally suffering the injury against the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 1.
- After Saturday's shootaround, the Arizona Republic reported Booker was moving significantly better, and Suns coach Jordan Ott said Booker did `everything` in practice with player-versus-coaches drills.
- Without Booker, Phoenix scored less than 100 in two of three matchups and lost two of those three games.
- With both teams 1-2 in their last three games, Dillon Brooks is questionable with left Achilles soreness, Jalen Green remains out but is expected back after Christmas, and the Lakers are missing Austin Reaves and Maxi Kleber despite a 50.7% field-goal percentage.
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Suns All-Star guard Devin Booker set to return vs. Lakers after missing 3 games with groin strain
Four-time All-Star Devin Booker is set to return to the lineup for the Phoenix Suns when they host the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night.
The Phoenix Suns will host the Los Angeles Lakers in a game between the two teams that were eliminated in the quarterfinals of the NBA Finals on Wednesday. The Lakers will be missing Austin Reaves.
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