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Kevin Durant's Injury Status vs. Warriors Receives Major Update

The Golden State Warriors will not face Phoenix Suns star Kevin Durant on Tuesday night
Kevin Durant's Injury Status vs. Warriors Receives Major Update
Kevin Durant's Injury Status vs. Warriors Receives Major Update

With Bradley Beal expected to return from injury on Tuesday night, the Phoenix Suns were hoping to get their first look at the big three of Beal, Kevin Durant, and Devin Booker. This trio has yet debut this season, as different injuries have kept at least one of those three stars off the court in every game the Suns have played this season. 

While Beal is indeed set to return on Tuesday, Durant has been ruled out with a left ankle sprain. This is a major update to Durant's injury status, as he was not ruled out a day prior, but was instead listed as questionable before being downgraded to out on Tuesday morning. 

The Warriors will have to deal with a backcourt of Booker and Beal, but they will not have to face Durant, who is arguably the most lethal of them all. It has been a very frustrating season for the Suns from an injury standpoint, as their big three was supposed to put them near the very top of the Western Conference, but that has yet to materialize. 

Having lost their last two games, the Suns are just 12-10 on the season, which has them in 8th place in the Western Conference. The Warriors are of course even worse, sitting at 10-12, as they are trying to climb out of this early season hole.

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Joey Linn
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Joey Linn is a credentialed writer covering the NBA and WNBA for On SI. Covering the LA Clippers independently in 2018, then for Fansided and 213Hoops from 2019-2021, Joey joined On SI to cover the Clippers after the 2020-21 season. Graduating from Biola University in 2022 with a Communication Studies degree, Joey served as Biola's play-by-play announcer for their basketball, baseball, softball, and soccer teams. Joey's work on Biola's broadcasts and in the classroom earned him the Outstanding Communication Studies Student of the year award in 2022. Joey covers the NBA full-time, primarily serving as a Clippers beat writer.

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