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Monty Williams Reveals Devin Booker Was Injured During The NBA Finals: “Playing On One Leg”

Injury was one of the biggest stories in the recent 2021 NBA playoffs, and the Phoenix Suns, who were perceived as arguably the healthiest team throughout the competition, was also a team who didn’t get away with such unlikely scenario.

Apparently, the Suns’ injury situation was worse than what it appeared to be, and it has something to do with their All-Star shooting guard Devin Booker. The 24-year old suffered a broken nose in the Western Conference Finals, but that wasn’t the only injury that Booker had to deal with all throughout.

Appearing on ‘The Woj Pod’, Suns head coach Monty Williams revealed that Booker even played through the NBA Finals with a hamstring injury that occurred in Game 3 loss against the Milwaukee Bucks. Williams also described Booker’s injury as playing on one leg.

“People didn’t know that Book was dealing with a hamstring deal in Game 3 and he got all kinds of flak for what he couldn’t do,” Williams said. “What people didn’t understand is he was basically playing out there on one leg. Those guys, because they are tough and never want to rely on excuses, would never say anything.

“That part bothered me because I heard all the stuff that was said about Devin and Chris in the Finals.”