{"id":1457532,"date":"2022-04-29T07:45:07","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T11:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457532"},"modified":"2022-04-29T07:45:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T11:45:11","slug":"suns-devin-booker-possible-game-7-in-phoenix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/suns-devin-booker-possible-game-7-in-phoenix\/","title":{"rendered":"Suns\u2019 Devin Booker Possible Game 7 in Phoenix"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsuns-devin-booker-possible-game-7-in-phoenix%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457532&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>NEW ORLEANS \u2013 If the New Orleans Pelicans are to advance in the NBA Playoffs for just the third time in their history that began here in 2002-03, they may have to get by Phoenix All-Star shooting guard Devin Booker once or twice.<\/p>\n<p>Booker, who has missed the last three games of the series with a strained right hamstring, could return for Game 6 Thursday night at the Smoothie King Center (7:30 p.m. eastern, TNT) or for a Game 7 in Phoenix on Saturday, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The No. 1 seed Suns lead the No. 8 seed Pelicans, 3-2, in the best-of-seven Western Conference first round <a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/phoenix-takes-3-2-lead-over-new-orleans-amid-more-equitable-free-throw-opportunities\/\">after a 112-97 win on Tuesday in Phoenix.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s progressing right now,\u201d Phoenix coach Monty Williams said after a light practice Wednesday in New Orleans. \u201cHe\u2019s getting shots in practice. But there\u2019s no change in the update.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Booker was listed as out for Thursday\u2019s game as of Thursday morning, but that could change. ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowki first reported that Booker had a chance to play Thursday or Saturday. But ESPN also reported that Booker would be out for two or three weeks soon after he injured the hamstring in the Game 2 loss to New Orleans in Phoenix on April 19.<\/p>\n<p>Booker averged 26.8 points and 4.8 assists a game in the regular season in 68 games as Phoenix posted the best record in the league at 64-18. He missed seven games in December with a strained left hamstring and has dealt with hamstring issues at other times this season throughout his seven-year career. He played through a hamstring injury last season as the Suns reached the NBA Finals before losing to Milwaukee, four games to two.<\/p>\n<p>Booker scored 31 points with seven three-pointers in the first half of the Game 2 loss before the injury early in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe understands how important (Thursday\u2019s) game is, but he also understands the future,\u201d Williams said.<\/p>\n<p>If Phoenix can get by New Orleans without Booker, he would have several more days off before the Suns would play the winner of No. 4 seed Dallas and No. 5 seed Utah. Those two play in the late game Thursday (10 p.m. eastern, TNT) with Dallas leading three games to two.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outkick.com\/chris-paul-answers-f-you-chants-with-postcard-of-love-for-his-new-orleans-home\/\">Phoenix point guard Chris Paul <\/a>could use the help if Booker returns. He could be seen huffing and puffing during the Suns\u2019 112-97 win in Phoenix on Tuesday on his way to 22 points, 11 assists and three steals in 39 minutes. <\/p>\n<p>In the Suns\u2019 118-103 loss at New Orleans on Sunday in Game 4, Paul tied a career playoff low with four points in 35 minutes. In the Suns\u2019 first game in this series without Booker, Paul scored 28 points with 14 assists in a 114-111 win at New Orleans in Game 3.   <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW ORLEANS \u2013 If the New Orleans Pelicans are to advance in the NBA Playoffs for just the third time in their history that began here in 2002-03, they may<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":489,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457532","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457532","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/489"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457532"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457532\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457532"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457532"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457532"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}