Will Kevin Durant be all right? That question would have swirled through the minds of the attendees at the Footprint Center during the recent Phoenix Suns-Houston Rockets matchup. If losing 2 consecutive games while occupying a low seed on the Western Conference chart wasn’t enough, things took a turn for the worse when Durant exited the game at the 6:57 mark of the third quarter, due to an apparent lower leg injury. After limping to the bench and then heading to the locker room, it was speculated that good news would not be awaiting Suns fans. Sure enough, a recent update has now built on the already bad news.
AZ Central reporter Duane Rankin recently covered the post-game comments of Suns’ head coach, Mike Budenholzer. According to the HC, Kevin Durant will stay back in Phoenix while the squad goes on the road as part of a three-game road trip. No further updates were given out on Durant’s condition, except that he will get an MRI tomorrow morning to assess the severity of his injury. The player’s injury is confirmed to have been a left ankle sprain.
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
— Duane Rankin (@DuaneRankin) March 31, 2025
Having played 75 regular-season games, the Phoenix Suns now have only 7 more games remaining in the 2024-25 NBA regular season. The team’s next matchup, against the Milwaukee Bucks, will take place at the Fiserv Forum. Phoenix will then next face the Boston Celtics at TD Garden, and the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden before returning to the Footprint Center to face the Golden State Warriors.
This is a developing story.
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