Suns guard Devin Booker set to return against Timberwolves
Dec 15, 2018, 5:21 PM | Updated: 5:22 pm
(AP Photo/Matt York)
(AP Photo/Matt York)
The Phoenix Suns got some good news prior to Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
After missing time due to a hamstring injury, Suns guard Devin Booker is back in the lineup for Phoenix, according to Suns head coach Igor Kokoskov.
Booker will start. Jackson is available, per Kokoskov.
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Booker has missed the team’s last six games after he re-aggravated his left hamstring against the Los Angeles Lakers on Dec. 2.
The 22-year-old originally missed three games earlier in the season because of a left hamstring strain but was noticeably not at 100 percent in his return, even admitting eight games into his return that he was a step slow.
Booker had been labeled as questionable on Friday, but was given the green light ahead of tipoff.
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It will be a welcome sight for a Suns team that is clearly not itself without the guard.
In Phoenix’s last six games compared to the rest of the league, the team ranks 29th in offensive rating at a rough 98.3 and 29th in true shooting percentage at 52.0. The Suns have failed to reach 100 points in four of those six games.
This season, Booker is averaging 23.5 points, 6.7 assists (a career best) and 3.6 rebounds per game.
In addition to Booker being active, Josh Jackson is also available, according to Kokoskov.
