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Kevin Durant suffered an ankle sprain during the third quarter of Rockets-Suns on Sunday.
Mike Budenholzer told reporters that Durant would undergo an MRI on Monday, and would initially not travel with the club to begin a three-game road trip. spr.ly/6016FPqO0 – 12:40 AM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
“Everybody has to step up starting with myself. Exact opposite of what went down tonight. We have it in the locker room. We just have to pull it out.”
Devin Booker on Kevin Durant possibly missing an extended period of time with a left ankle sprain suffered in Suns 148-109 loss – 12:13 AM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Devin Booker on how the Suns prepare for Kevin Durant to potentially miss some time: “Everybody has to step up, starting with myself. The exact opposite of what went down tonight. We have it in the locker room, we just have to pull it out.” – 11:54 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Mike Budenholzer said Kevin Durant will stay back in Phoenix as Suns go on the road to face Milwaukee to begin a three-game road trip Tuesday.
Will get an MRI tomorrow morning.
Suffered a left ankle sprain in third quarter and didn’t return. #Suns #Rockets – 11:36 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Final: HOU 148, PHX 109
Booker: 28 Pts, 3 Ast, 12-17 FG
Durant: 11 Pts, 7 Reb, 5-11 FG
Plumlee: 9 Pts, 7 Reb
Jalen Green: 33 Pts, 9-17 FG, 11-13 FT
Suns suffer their largest loss of the season – 11:19 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
End of 3Q: HOU 112, PHX 73
Booker: 28 Pts, 3 Ast, 12-17 FG
Durant: 11 Pts, 7 Reb, 5-11 FG
Richards: 6 Pts, 5 Reb
Jalen Green: 33 Pts, 9-17 FG, 11-13 FT – 10:52 PM

Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
KD twisted his ankle, and because he didn’t re-enter to take his FT’s, the Rockets get to select who takes them… and it means KD is done for the night – 10:39 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Durant limping to bench as he went down and grabbed at his left ankle.
Stepped on Jabari Smith Jr. foot making a move to the basket. Just saw replay. Bad look.
He’s since left the court and went to the locker room. Suns down 92-57 with 6:57 left in the 3rd. #Suns – 10:37 PM

Adam Wexler @AdamJWexler
Kevin Durant stepped on Jabari Smith Jr’s foot & rolled his left ankle badly. He’s now walking very gingerly back to the Suns locker room, 6:57 left in 3rdQ, Houston up 92-57. #Suns #Rockets – 10:36 PM

Kellan Olson @KellanOlson
Durant steps on a foot as he drives the ball and goes down in pain holding his left ankle. Had a heavy limp with assistance going back to the locker room. – 10:35 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Kevin Durant came up hobbled after that last play. Couldn’t put much weight on his left leg as he limped to the bench. Looked like he rolled that left ankle, and now he went back to the locker room – 10:35 PM

Kelly Iko @KellyIko
Kevin Durant can barely put any weight on his left leg, being helped off the floor by his teammates. Landed on Jabari Smith Jr.’s foot and rolled his ankle HARD. – 10:35 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Durant having an interaction with a fan that reached a point where security said something to the fan sitting basically courtside (third row)
Suns down 92-57 with under seven minutes left in the 3rd quarter. #Suns #Rockets – 10:34 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Halftime: HOU 78, PHX 49
Booker: 20 Pts, 2 Ast, 9-11 FG
Durant: 11 Pts, 5 Reb, 5-10 FG
Ighodaro: 4 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast
Thompson: 14 Pts, 7 Ast, 7 Reb, 7-10 FG
Suns fans started booing before the end of the half – 10:08 PM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant get locked up.
Get in each other’s face. Durant pushes him away.
Then Brooks and Nick Richards get into it.
Then comes security to break it up. Then Brooks has words with referee Justin Van Duyne.
Brooks ejection.
Suns down 55-38 with 4:48 – 9:57 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
Dillon Brooks and Kevin Durant got tangled up and had some words. KD gives him a little shove off of him. Nick Richards steps in and Brooks swipes his hands off him. Brooks keeps talking and gets ejected. Someone from the Rockets holds Brooks back as he had words for the official – 9:56 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
It will never stop being funny to me that so much of the Suns conversation has revolved around pitting the offensive roles of Devin Booker and Kevin Durant against each other, all while this team remains a bottom-5 defense. Rockets have 55 points with 5 minutes left in the 2Q – 9:52 PM

Gerald Bourguet @GeraldBourguet
End of 1Q: HOU 32, PHX 24
Booker: 7 Pts, 3-4 FG
Durant: 6 Pts, 4 Reb, 3-6 FG
Ighodaro: 4 Pts, 3 Reb, 2 Ast
Thompson: 8 Pts, 5 Reb, 3 Ast, 4-7 FG
Rockets close 1Q on 11-0 run (11-3 since Book checked out) – 9:33 PM

David Hardisty @clutchfans
Rockets starting lineup:
G – Fred VanVleet
G – Jalen Green
F – Dillon Brooks
F – Amen Thompson
C – Alperen Şengün
Suns:
G – Devin Booker
G – Collin Gillespie
F – Ryan Dunn
F – Kevin Durant
C – Nick Richards – 8:39 PM

Gerald Bourguet: Final: MIN 124, PHX 109 Durant: 23 Pts, 6 Reb, 2 Blk, 7-19 FG Gillespie: 22 Pts, 10 Ast, 5 Reb, 9-11 FG O’Neale: 21 Pts, 7-12 3P Booker: 10 Pts, 6 Ast, 4-14 FG, 0-6 3P Randle: 25-8-6, 9-15 FG -via Twitter @GeraldBourguet / March 28, 2025

“I’m feeling great,” Brooks said. “I feel like we’re playing great, playing together. Figuring out our little nicks and bumps. With a game like this, sharing the basketball, you see what it does. It makes the game a lot easier.” “Guys were moving well, sharing the ball,” head coach Ime Udoka said. “There were a few forced shots here and there, but we really moved it well from the start. Like I’ve said all year, I think we’re at our best when it’s balanced. Scoring from the post, scoring from the pick and roll, getting out in transition in offense. I think that’s kind of what overwhelmed them, the balanced scoring.” -via Houston Chronicle / March 9, 2025