The Phoenix Suns’ big three of Kevin Durant, Devin Booker and Bradley Beal are going to make-or-break their run in the NBA Playoffs.
Such is the nature of the beast in an Association with top-heavy rosters doing their thing this spring. But Grayson Allen’s importance to the Suns can’t be denied.
The former Duke star has provided that consistent scoring behind the big three in his first season with the Suns. Allen averaged 13.5 points, 3.9 rebounds and 3.0 assists on an NBA-best 46% shooting from three-point range during the regular year.
Phoenix might now have to go without him for a while. The guard pulled up lame in the third quarter of Tuesday’s Game 2 matchup against the Minnesota Timberwolves. It came after he stepped on the foot of Mike Conley Jr. As you can see in the video above, Allen had a hard time walking to the locker room on his own.
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Phoenix finds itself down 1-0 in this best-of-seven series after dropping the opener by the score of 120-95 in Minnesota.
As for Grayson Allen, we’ll have further updates as they become available.
