{"id":612829,"date":"2026-02-20T03:06:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612829\/"},"modified":"2026-02-20T03:06:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T03:06:17","slug":"devin-booker-not-returning-to-spurs-game-with-concerning-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/612829\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker not returning to Spurs game with concerning injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"0\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> were hoping to start the second half of the season on a high note, but those plans hit a major snag Thursday night.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/suns-news-devin-booker-issue-response-bad-bunny-question\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Booker, the heartbeat of the Suns&#8217;<\/a> offense, exited early during a high-stakes Western Conference showdown against the San Antonio Spurs. The team <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Espo\/status\/2024678454898413659?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">later confirmed<\/a> that the five-time All-Star would not return due to right hip soreness, leaving a massive void in the lineup.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"2\">Before the injury cut his night short, the Phoenix Suns guard was trying to find <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/suns-news-devin-booker-escape-all-star-weekend-unc-label-chet-holmgren-tyrese-maxey\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">his rhythm after the All-Star break<\/a>. Booker checked out, having played just 9 minutes, finishing with five points and 1 rebound. He struggled to find his stroke from deep, going 0-of-2 from beyond the arc, but he was active at the rim and the charity stripe to keep the Suns competitive early on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns were hoping to start the second half of the season on a high note, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":612830,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,2292,6,14502,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-612829","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-devin-booker","10":"tag-nba","11":"tag-nba-injury","12":"tag-phoenix","13":"tag-phoenix-suns","14":"tag-phoenixsuns","15":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116100752669700017","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612829","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=612829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/612829\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/612830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=612829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=612829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=612829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}