{"id":628891,"date":"2026-02-27T20:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628891\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T20:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T20:18:21","slug":"devin-booker-gets-positive-hip-injury-timeline-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/628891\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker gets positive hip injury timeline update"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns\/suns-news-devin-booker-out-1-week-hip-injury\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Phoenix Suns have been without Devin Booker<\/a> for the past four games as he&#8217;s been dealing with a hip strain injury he suffered in the team&#8217;s 121-94 loss to the San Antonio Spurs on February 19. However, his latest update reveals he could return soon.<\/p>\n<p>Reports indicate that the 29-year-old guard is <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Gambo987\/status\/2027446130406264994\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">expected to return<\/a> in the first week of March, according to John Gambadoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM Phoenix. Booker could either return for Tuesday&#8217;s game against the Sacramento Kings or Thursday&#8217;s contest against the Chicago Bulls.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDevin Booker is progressing well from a hip strain and trending towards being back after this four-day break \u2013 Likely either Sacramento on Tuesday or Chicago on Thursday.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s great news for a Suns team firmly in the mix in the Western Conference. Phoenix owns the No. 7 seed as of Friday, February 27. Booker returning to the lineup should give the team what it needs to compete in the final stretch of the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>The 11-year veteran has remained the face of the franchise this season. Although many believed the Suns could potentially struggle, Phoenix has actually been incredibly competitive. Especially when <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/los-angeles-lakers\/lakers-news-devin-booker-hilarious-reactionfan-telling-him-join-la\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Devin Booker is on the court<\/a>. In the 44 games he has played, Booker is averaging 24.7 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 6.1 assists per game while shooting 45.5% from the field and 30.8% from beyond the three-point line.<\/p>\n<p>After defeating the Los Angeles Lakers 113-110 on Thursday, the Suns won&#8217;t play again until the Tuesday game against the Kings. Phoenix gets three straight days off, giving Booker and his teammates plenty of time to rest and prepare for Sacramento.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Phoenix Suns have been without Devin Booker for the past four games as he&#8217;s been dealing with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,2292,6,14502,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-628891","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":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628891","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=628891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}