Durant will miss a fifth straight game with a left ankle sprain suffered March 30 against Houston. Suns coach Mike Budenholzer said Durant did some shooting after a morning shootaround on April 8, but isn't close enough to return to play on April 9.

Find out if Kevin Durant will return to the Suns lineup to face his former team, the Oklahoma City Thunders, on Wednesday.

The Los Angeles Lakers took care of the Dallas Mavericks, 112-97, April 9, in Luka Doncic's return to keep Phoenix in the play-in chase. Doncic scored 45 points in his first game in Dallas since the blockbuster deal before the 2024-25 trade involving Anthony Davis sent him to the Lakers.

The Suns are 35-41 in the standings for 11th in the West, which is one game behind the 10th-place Kings. Unfortunately for Phoenix, it also has a brutal schedule to end the year as one of the hardest in the league. So they’ll look to stack up victories against tough teams to even make the play-in tourney.