{"id":718325,"date":"2026-04-26T05:54:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:54:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/718325\/"},"modified":"2026-04-26T05:54:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-26T05:54:24","slug":"devin-booker-returns-after-apparently-ankle-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/718325\/","title":{"rendered":"Devin Booker returns after apparently ankle injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker limped to the locker room during Saturday\u2019s playoff game against the Oklahoma City Thunder in the third quarter and returned minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>Booker cut for a pass and tripped over the leg of Thunder defender Lu Dort. Booker grabbed his left ankle.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Devin Booker is hurt.<\/p>\n<p>He got tangled up trying to go behind a screen.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately grabbed his ankle and is now out of the game. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YLgcl3AFRA\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/YLgcl3AFRA<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Jake Garc\u00eda (@Jake_M_Garcia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jake_M_Garcia\/status\/2048146847324364926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">April 25, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Thunder quickly scored a transition dunk with Booker hobbled on the other end, and the Suns called timeout to get Booker out of the game with 9:16 left in the period.<\/p>\n<p>Grayson Allen entered for Booker.<\/p>\n<p>With 6:56 left, Booker checked back into the game. Booker\u2019s mobility will be something to watch moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>Booker scored 11 points with four assists before the taking the tumble, and he hit back-to-back shots after re-entering.<\/p>\n<p>He finished with 16 points in 39 minutes in a 121-109 loss that resulted in the Thunder taking a 3-0 series lead.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AZSports\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @AZSports<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arizonasports.com\/arizona-sports-newsletter-signup\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/AZSportsEmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker limped to the locker room during Saturday\u2019s playoff game against the Oklahoma City&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":718326,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3791],"tags":[7,6,2065,472,4045,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-718325","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix-suns","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-phoenix","11":"tag-phoenix-suns","12":"tag-phoenixsuns","13":"tag-suns"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116469462820396267","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718325","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=718325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/718325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/718326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=718325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=718325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=718325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}