Jordan Ott, Devin Booker discuss Suns’ injury situation
Phoenix Suns coach Jordan Ott and All-Star Devin Booker talk about the injuries to Jalen Green and Jordan Goodwin as the regular season winds down.
LOS ANGELES — Phoenix Suns All-Star Devin Booker figured he’d sit out one of the team’s final two regular-season games.
“It’s probably a conversation we’ll have amongst the team, but I could see one of the games not playing,” said Booker after scoring 37 points in a 112-107 home win on April 8 over the Dallas Mavericks.
The Suns (44-36) have ruled Booker out for the April 10 game against the Los Angeles Lakers (50-29) at Crypto.com Arena.
Phoenix ends the regular season on April 12 at defending NBA champion Oklahoma City Thunder (64-16).
Jalen Green (right knee soreness) is listed as questionable against the Lakers, while Jordan Goodwin (left ankle sprain) and Haywood Highsmith have been ruled out.
Green and Goodwin missed the second half of the April 7 win after suffering their setbacks in the first half.
They both warmed up at halftime but were unable to return. Green has missed 48 games in his first season in Phoenix with a right hamstring injury after playing every game in his previous two seasons with the Houston Rockets.
Mark Williams (left foot injury management) and Grayson Allen (right quad contusion) are both available for the April 10 game after missing the previous game.
Williams and Allen aren’t listed on the injury report.
The April 10 game will be the second of a back-to-back for the Lakers as they’re at the Golden State Warriors (37-42) on April 9.
The Lakers are without Luka Doncic (left hamstring strain) and Austin Reaves (left oblique muscle strain), who have been ruled out the rest of the regular season. Jaxson Hayes (left foot soreness) and guard Marcus Smart (right ankle contusion) are also out versus the Warriors.
The Suns have clinched the seventh seed in the West. They will host either the Los Angeles Clippers (41-39) or the Portland Trail Blazers (40-40) on April 14 in the play-in tournament.
The winner will land the seventh seed in the Western Conference playoffs.
The loser will play the 9-10 winner on April 17 for the eighth seed. The Warriors are 10th in the West.
Have opinions about the current state of the Suns? Reach Suns Insider Duane Rankin at dmrankin@gannett.com or contact him at 480-810-5518. Follow him on X, formerly Twitter, at @DuaneRankin.
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