Kevin Durant is not expected to play in Friday’s Celtics-Suns game, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania.
“Phoenix Suns All-Star Kevin Durant is expected to miss at least one week through team’s three-game road trip with a left ankle sprain, sources tell ESPN,” Charania wrote Monday afternoon. “Suns are 1.5 games out of Play-In with the toughest remaining schedule in the NBA.”
Durant left Sunday’s loss to Houston with a sprained ankle after colliding with Jabari Smith Jr. He appeared to step on Smith’s foot as he drove to the basket and grabbed his ankle in pain after he landed.