Then to make matters worse, Kevin Durant suffered a left ankle sprain in the third quarter, didn’t return and won’t fly out with the team Monday to Milwaukee. The Suns begin at three-game road trip Tuesday against the Bucks in Mike Budenholzer's return to Milwaukee to face the team that fired him after the 2022-23 season.

Durant went to a crossover move to get into the paint, but badly twisted his ankle steppin on Smith Jr.s’ foot on the play. He immediately grabbed at his left ankle, needed help off the court and then limped to the locker room with 6:57 left in the third quarter with Phoenix down,