{"id":617109,"date":"2026-02-22T05:13:30","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:13:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617109\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T05:13:30","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T05:13:30","slug":"devin-booker-dillon-brooks-both-dealing-with-injuries-as-phoenix-suns-hit-stretch-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/617109\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker, Dillon Brooks both dealing with injuries as Phoenix Suns hit stretch run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> have been hit hard with injuries over the past few days with All-Star guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/devin-booker-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Booker<\/a> and starting forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/dillon-brooks-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dillon Brooks<\/a> both sidelined.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Booker will miss at least one week because of a right hip strain that happened against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/san-antonio-spurs-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> in a loss on Thursday. Brooks left Saturday&#8217;s win over the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/orlando-magic-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Orlando Magic<\/a> after playing just seven minutes because of an injured left hand.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">ESPN reported, citing sources, that Brooks&#8217; hand is broken and that the forward will miss significant time. The team said it would not have official confirmation until Sunday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Booker is averaging 24.7 points, 6.1 assists and 3.9 rebounds over 44 games this season. The 29-year-old recently missed seven straight games with a sprained right ankle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">Brooks is having a career year, averaging more than 21 points per game. His production and hard-nosed personality have been a welcome addition for the Suns, who acqured him as part of the deal that sent 15-time All-Star Kevin Durant to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/houston-rockets-team\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Houston Rockets<\/a> last offseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Suns also said that recently signed guard <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/haywood-highsmith-player\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Haywood Highsmith<\/a> is continuing to recover from right knee surgery last offseason. The team said Highsmith is making \u201cgood progress\u201d and will be evaluated in 2 to 3 weeks.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">The Suns have been one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\" class=\"entity\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NBA&#8217;s<\/a> surprise teams this season with a 33-24 record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-d04fc069=\"\">AP NBA: https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/nba<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX (AP) \u2014 The Phoenix Suns have been hit hard with injuries over the past few days with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":156982,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5],"tags":[7,2292,1195,2293,1407,6,12,472],"class_list":{"0":"post-617109","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nba-draft","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-devin-booker","10":"tag-dillon-brooks","11":"tag-haywood-highsmith","12":"tag-national-basketball-association","13":"tag-nba","14":"tag-nba-draft","15":"tag-phoenix-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116112576063306597","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617109","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=617109"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617109\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/156982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}