Phoenix Suns’ Devin Booker gets OK to return for Game 6 against New Orleans Pelicans

NEW ORLEANS — Phoenix Suns star Devin Booker will return for his workforce’s Recreation 6 in opposition to the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night time after lacking the previous three video games with a strained proper hamstring, coach Monty Williams mentioned.

Booker was formally upgraded to questionable shortly earlier than the sport and had been anticipated to check the leg in pregame warm-ups earlier than getting the OK. Williams mentioned he’d progressed effectively in latest days because the Suns took a 3-2 lead within the first-round sequence.

“It is onerous this time of the yr to imitate an NBA recreation,” Williams mentioned of what led to Booker’s return. “He is been on the ground with (Suns assistant coach) Jarrett Jack a number of instances. And doing the perfect he can to get to that time.”

When requested if the Suns can be monitoring Booker’s minutes in Recreation 6, Williams simply smiled and mentioned, “Sure,” including that the guard’s return offers Phoenix “roster stability.”

“It helps to sort of settle the order of the workforce somewhat bit, comparatively talking,” Williams mentioned. “He will not play his regular 36, 38, 40 workload, nevertheless it nonetheless offers you a bit extra stability.”

Booker scored 25 factors within the Suns’ Recreation 1 win after which had 31 within the first half of Recreation 2 earlier than struggling the harm within the third quarter and leaving the eventual loss.

ESPN’s Andrew Lopez contributed to this report.