Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker opted out late in the first quarter of the team’s Monday night game against the Los Angeles Lakers and hasn’t been spotted on the bench since.
UPDATE: Devin Booker suffered a right groin injury and will not return.
It is currently unknown why Booker is not playing. This article will be updated when more information becomes available.
Booker played ten minutes in the first quarter with 11 points, two rebounds and three assists. He hasn’t missed a game so far for Phoenix.
Booker reached 17,000 points in the first quarter, becoming the third youngest player in league history to reach that number and 3,600 assists according to Shane Young of Suns.com.
Dillon Brooks and Collin Gillespie will be called upon as primary playmakers with Booker out and Grayson Allen ruled out before the game due to illness.
Booker has been in a bit of a bad situation lately, having gone the last seven games without reaching more than 25 points.
“‘We’ve lost playmakers. He’s got to play every play, at least (be) that initial domino a few (times),” Suns coach Jordan Ott said of Booker’s struggles after Denver’s loss Saturday.
“That’s probably why he doesn’t take as many (3), because he’s trying to get the first one. But yeah, we’ll keep looking.
“They give him two… and as soon as he gets into the arc, it’s more than two, so he continues to make the right play. He only had one turnover tonight… So yeah, we’ll continue to look at that.”
Booker himself added: “I just have to look for my opportunities and there’s a few times where I’ve had good ones,” Booker said. “Let’s just get back to basics, like the first three I had tonight. They were close, you just have to keep shooting.”
The Suns and Lakers are currently going back and forth. Los Angeles is in its second straight night while Phoenix had a day off.
Booker has played a major role in the Suns’ strong start to the season, even though they entered tonight having lost their last three of four.
However, Phoenix’s 12-9 record is good enough for seventh place in the West, while the Lakers are a few spots above at 15-4.
This is their first meeting of the 2025-26 season.
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