Devin Booker injury update: Suns star leaves Game 2 vs. Pelicans with hamstring injury

After a spectacular start to Tuesday night’s Game 2, Suns star Devin Booker was forced to sit out the fourth quarter because of a hamstring injury.

Booker walked back to the locker room during the third quarter of the first-round contest between the Suns and Pelicans. During his in-game interview with TNT’s Allie LaForce, Phoenix coach Monty Williams said that Booker “may have a hamstring injury, but the Suns would “know more after the game.”

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Phoenix later announced Booker was dealing with “right hamstring tightness” and would sit out the remainder of Game 2.

Booker scored 31 points on 12-of-19 shooting in 25 minutes before suffering the injury. He averaged 26.8 points, 5.0 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 68 regular season games, earning the third All-Star selection of his career.

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