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Suns' Devin Booker out with groin strain, to be re-evaluated in one week

Booker went out in the first half of Monday's game against the LA Lakers
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PHOENIX — Phoenix Suns guard Devin Booker is out with an injury for at least a week.

The Suns announced Wednesday that Booker sustained a right groin strain and will be re-evaluated in one week.

Booker was ruled out of Monday's game against the Los Angeles Lakers in the first half with an apparent groin injury.

Booker checked out with 2:05 left in the first quarter after committing an offensive foul, and he didn't return. He had 11 points and three assists before his injury.

Booker began the night averaging 25.7 points and 6.9 assists per game in the 11th season of a career spent entirely with Phoenix.

Just last month, Jalen Green suffered a right hamstring strain and was ruled out for four-to-six weeks.

The Suns are off to a better-than-expected 12-9 start to the season, and they led the streaking Lakers 66-52 at halftime despite Booker's absence.

Dillon Brooks scored 33 points, Collin Gillespie added 16 of his career-high 28 in the fourth quarter, and the Phoenix Suns emphatically snapped the Los Angeles Lakers' seven-game winning streak with a 125-108 victory.