Phoenix Suns forward Kevin Durant was helped to the locker room with 6:57 left in the third quarter of his team's loss to the Houston Rockets on Sunday after suffering a left ankle sprain while falling to the floor in a collision with Jabari Smith Jr.

The Phoenix Suns lost its star Kevin Durant to an ankle injury as it makes a late playoff push with only seven games left in the regular season.

Mike Budenholzer said Kevin Durant will stay back in Phoenix as Suns go on the road to face Milwaukee to begin a three-game road trip Tuesday. Will get an MRI tomorrow morning.

Phoenix Suns All-Star Kevin Durant was helped to the locker room with 6:57 left in the third quarter against Houston on Sunday night after falling to the floor in a collision with the Rockets’ Jabari Smith Jr.

Brooks was ejected from the game in the second quarter after a physical exchange with Suns star Kevin Durant and center Nick Richards. He also appeared to direct his anger toward a referee, which resulted in his second technical foul.

Dillon Brooks was up to his usual antics Sunday during the Houston Rockets' game against the Phoenix Suns. Brooks got called for a foul while defending

The Phoenix Suns return home to face the Houston Rockets on Sunday, March 30, at 6 p.m., before beginning a three-game road trip. The Suns are battling for a spot in the play-in tournament with less than 10 games remaining in what has been a disappointing season.

The Phoenix Suns still can’t beat the Houston Rockets and continue to fall further out of extending their season to at least the play-in tournament. The Rockets completed a 3-0 series sweep in handing the Suns an 148-109 train-wreck loss Sunday before a sellout crowd of 17,

Things got from bad to worse for the Phoenix Suns on Sunday night. The Suns were in the midst of an embarrassing blowout loss on their own home floor against the Houston Rockets, and things took a major turn for the worse after Kevin Durant was forced to exit the game in the third quarter.