Devin Booker

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker left Game . The 25-year-old went down DESCRIBE PLAY. He had XX points and XX assists before exiting and was replaced by...

His loss is huge for a Suns team with title aspirations, especially if it lingers beyond Game 2. The team ruled him out for the remainder of the contest with right hamstring tightness. That followed an excellent regular season (26.8 PPG, 5.0 RPG, 4.8 APG) from the star wing.

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker dapped up a Valley baby after hitting a fadeaway at the buzzer to end the first quarter.

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Devin Booker couldn't miss after he gave a fist pound to a courtside baby.

The Pelicans won the game 125-114 after Booker went out with a hamstring injury. The Suns had to know Booker was in for a special night after he dapped up that baby. He ended the half with 31 points, punctuated by a a three-pointer that was nearly from the logo. Booker gave the baby a fist pound and jogged back down the floor. Devin Booker and the Phoenix Suns have had a magical season. The vibes around the Suns have been tremendous all season, and Booker has been perhaps the biggest driving force of that both on and off the court.

Suns All-Star Devin Booker experienced right hamstring tightness in the second half of Tuesday's Game 2 versus New Orleans.

Booker hit 7-of-10 from 3 in the first half. Follow him on Twitter at @DuaneRankin. Devin Booker experienced right hamstring tightness in the third quarter after a 31-point first half and sat the entire fourth quarter of a 125-114 loss to the Pelicans before a sellout crowd of 17,071 at Footprint Center.

Phoenix star Devin Booker was forced from Tuesday night's Game 2 with a hamstring injury, and New Orleans took advantage of his exit to grab a ...

They were led by Brandon Ingram, who made a series of clutch shots as he scored 26 of his 37 points in the second half. The change in momentum was palpable, as the Pelicans played brilliantly down the stretch. But he didn't score in the third quarter, and with 4:45 left in the period, he injured his right hamstring challenging a Jaxson Hayes dunk in transition.

Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker injured his hamstring in Game 2 of the First Round vs the New Orleans Pelicans tonight. Here's everything we know so far.

With it being the playoffs, Phoenix will likely try to find out more tonight, but when Booker did last injure his hamstring, the Suns waited until the next day to conduct their tests on it. However, neither Booker nor that second consecutive victory could be seen once the final buzzer blared tonight, as the Suns fell to the Pelicans 125-114. That injury forced Booker to miss seven games in total across two weeks.

Booker was on his way to a special night before leaving the game with hamstring injury.

Booker was 12 of 18 in the first half, including 7 of 10 from three-point range. The Suns missed him. He extended the baby’s arm, at the end of which was a tiny fist. They should still beat the Pelicans, the eighth seed. Now, their success in the post-season might be hanging on one. Suns coach Monty Williams, during his post-game press conference, said he had no additional information on Booker.

Williams said he believes Booker was injured running back on defense. Booker missed seven games in December with a left hamstring injury. The Suns were 5-2 ...

The series is tied 1-1 with Games 3 and 4 in New Orleans. Phoenix travels to New Orleans Wednesday. Booker missed seven games in December with a left hamstring injury. Phoenix star Devin Booker exited Game 2 of the Suns' playoff series against New Orleans with right hamstring tightness and will not return.

Booker left Game 2 of the Suns' first round series against the Pelicans with hamstring tightness.

The Pelicans proved how tough they are with this Game 2 win. For now, the team is calling it right hamstring tightness. Booker was on fire to start the game, scoring 31 points in the first half and even dapping up a courtside baby after one difficult make. This isn’t Booker’s first hamstring injury this season. He injured his left hamstring in late Nov. and missed seven games. Here’s the play.

But in the third quarter, Booker went back to the locker room with an apparent injury. Suns coach Monty Williams revealed afterward that Booker was dealing with ...

All the Suns can hope for now is a positive prognosis on Booker's hamstring. The Suns, heavily favored at home, went on to lose Game 2 to the Pelicans, 125-114, and find themselves tied in their series up at one game apiece. Seven of those missed games were due to a hamstring injury Booker suffered in November, and while there's no telling how serious this one is, that one kept him out for a little less than three weeks.

Devin Booker was sidelined in Game 2 against the Pelicans with what the team is calling "right hamstring tightness."

They were married in 1966 and were still together when the Runner’s World piece was published. In the early 1960s, Margaret Ellison ran the Texas Track Club, an Abilene-based team of girls and young women with their sights set on the ’64 Olympics in Tokyo. But Ellison was more concerned with appearances. We all go to the beauty shop before each meet, so we can get beautiful and get our minds off the meet. I had to go back to the motel and do it myself. I wrote on Monday about a group of women athletes who, before the passage of Title IX went to extreme lengths to train seriously for their sports. The team didn’t provide any update on the injury, and it would be silly to speculate about the severity of it. “I’m trying to change the stereotyped image of the track girl,” Ellison told SI’s Gilbert Rogin. “Every year we have a good-looking team and good-looking uniforms—none of those bags. Answer: Florida State. Mauer turned down offers from Minnesota, Arizona and Miami to sign with the Seminoles but gave up football after his hometown Twins picked him first in the 2001 MLB draft. At 6'4", 205 pounds, Mauer was the top-ranked football recruit in the nation as a senior. The series is now tied 1–1 as it shifts to New Orleans, and the focus will be on Booker’s status. … Jerry West’s legal team has requested an apology from HBO over his portrayal in the series Winning Time. … Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also ripped the series in a written piece. Brandon Ingram was the star of the game, leading all scorers with 37 points (26 in the second half) and adding 11 rebounds and nine assists.

Devin Booker left in the second half with tightness in his right hamstring, and did not return.

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Devin Booker left Phoenix's Game 2 loss to New Orleans with a hamstring injury. Here's everything we know about his status moving forward.

With him on the bench, the Suns scored at a rate of 107.5 points per 100 possessions but held teams to 102.8 points per 100 possessions. With Booker on the court this season, the Suns scored at a rate of 117.6 points per 100 possessions and limited teams to 108.1 points per 100 possessions, which was equivalent to the best offensive rating in the league and a top-four defense. Booker is having the best season yet of his career. In Phoenix's Game 2 loss to New Orleans, three-time All-Star Devin Booker left in the third quarter with a hamstring injury and did not return. The Suns were also without Chris Paul during that stretch and yet still managed to go 3-1, their lone loss coming against the Bucks. “But we are 1-1, it’s a long series, and we get to go to their place and we will do what we do.

A look at Suns guard Devin Booker's previous hamstring injuries and what transpired upon his return to the court.

He eventually made his return six days later in a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Nov. 2. Booker returned to the court six days later in a loss to the Sacramento Kings. The guard scored 27 points on 9-of-19 shooting (3-of-5 from long range) to go along with eight rebounds and six assists. Williams did not specify which hamstring was injured. The guard returned 13 days later in a win over the Minnesota Timberwolves, scoring 28 points on 10-of-16 shooting (3-of-6 from long range) to go along with seven rebounds and seven assists. He made his return nine days later on Feb. 1 in a 109-108 victory over the Dallas Mavericks. In just over 31 minutes of action, Booker scored 24 points on 9-of-19 shooting (4-of-8 from three-point land) to go along with a board and a steal. In an absolute beatdown of the Charlotte Hornets, Booker scored 16 points on 6-of-15 shooting (4-of-8 from long range) to go along with six rebounds, five assists and a steal.

Phoenix's leading scorer suffered a right hamstring injury in Game 2 that will cause him to be out of the lineup.

Overall, he is averaging 28 points, three rebounds and 4.5 assists in the playoffs after posting 26.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg and 4.8 apg during the regular season. Suns guard Chris Paul said the injury was no excuse for the Game 2 loss. Booker sustained the injury in Tuesday’s Game 2, which the Suns lost 125-114 to even the series 1-1. He missed multiple games earlier in the season with a hamstring injury. On the possession before he departed, Booker jumped to contest a fastbreak dunk by New Orleans’ Jaxson Hayes, but it wasn’t immediately clear that he was hurt. Per the Suns, Booker has a mild right hamstring strain and “there is no timetable for his return.”

Booker had scored 31 points before his injury and did not return in Game 2's loss on Tuesday night.

Seven of those missed games were due to a hamstring injury Booker suffered in November, and while there's no telling how serious this one is, that one kept him out for a little less than three weeks. However, Booker's right hamstring strain is believed to be mild and he isn't being ruled out of the series yet, per Wojnarowski. The Suns, heavily favored at home, went on to lose Game 2 to the Pelicans, 125-114, and find themselves tied in their series up at one game apiece.