Kevin Durant has excluded with the left ankle distortion in the loss of sunrise to the rockets
In a season that has been spoiled by disappointment and injuries, the Phoenix Suns underwent another huge blow on Sunday evening, dropping their third straight in an explosion loss of 148-109 against the Houston Rockets-and losing the striker of the star Kevin Durant in the trial.
In the middle of the third quarter, with the Suns followed by almost 40 points, Durant seemed to roll the left ankle after the foot landed on Jabari Smith Jr. during a trip to the basket. The 36 -year -old had to be helped with caution from the floor by his teammates, unable to fatten his leg.
The debutant of Suns Ioso Igodaro had to be subtracted to take the free shots for Durant. The sun later exclude Durant with a distortion to the left ankle.
Kevin Durant left the game after injuring the ankle in this game. pic.twitter.com/ouj3ymzo7i
– NBA on ESPN (@espnnba) March 31, 2025
The Suns, who have submitted throughout the season, are fighting to play the NBA game tournament. They started the race on Sunday to 11th place in the West. At 35-40, now they find themselves 1 1/2 games in the final game place in the West with only seven games to do.
Losing Durant for any stretch would be a devastating blow for the post -photos of Phoenix. The only ones are 2-11 without him this season.
In his 18th season, Durant has an average of 26.8 points, 6.0 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game. Durant has appeared in 61 of the 74 games this season and, at the moment, it is not clear if it will be able to reach the threshold of 65 games to be considered suitable for NBA prizes. But above all, the hopes of play-in are directly related to the availability of Durant.
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