PHOENIX — The Phoenix Suns lost more than simply Game 2 of their veryfirst round series Tuesday night.
Devin Booker knowledgeable ideal hamstring tightness in the 3rd quarter after a 31-point veryfirst half and sat out the whole 4th quarter of a 125-114 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans priorto a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint .
Suns coach Monty Williams stated he thinks Booker worsened the hamstring attempting to get back on shift defense.
Brandon Ingram scored a game-high 37 points as the series is knotted headed to New Orleans for Friday’s Game 3.
After a 31-point veryfirst half, Booker took simply one shot in the 3rd quarter as New Orleans went into the 4th up 7 points. He was ruled out for the rest of the videogame in the 4th.
Booker missedouton 7 videogames in the routine season with a left hamstring pressure and 4 more in the NBA’s health and security procedures after screening favorable for COVID-19. The Suns went 8-3 in those videogames.
Booker hit 7-of-10 from 3-point variety in the veryfirst half. His profession playoff high for made 3s in a videogame was 8, set in Game 6 of last year’s initially round versus the Los Angeles Lakers.
With the Suns down 43-42