Kevin Durant injures left ankle, leaves game with Suns down big to Rockets

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Phoenix Suns superstar Kevin Durant sprained his left ankle driving to the basket on Jabari Smith Jr. in the third quarter of Sunday’s game against the Houston Rockets at PHX Arena.

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, 92-57.

Durant scored 11 points and grabbed eight rebounds in 23 minutes.

The Suns (35-39) are 11th in the West and in danger of missing out on the play-in tournament while the Rockets are second in the conference as they are 11-1 in their last 12 games.

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This article originally appeared on Arizona Republic: Durant injures ankle, leaves game with Suns down big to Rockets

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