Suns’ Kevin Durant gets critical injury update ahead of Knicks showdown at MSG

Suns star Kevin Durant missed the team’s last game against the Grizzlies with a foot injury and is questionable against the Nets.

The Phoenix Suns are set to face the New York Knicks on Sunday evening at Madison Square Garden, but it’s not yet clear if Kevin Durant will be in uniform. Durant is listed as questionable on the Suns’ injury report, per Kellan Olson of Empire of the Suns.

Durant missed the Suns’ last game agains the Memphis Grizzlies due to a foot injury. He was originally questionable for that game before being ruled out. It was the first game that Durant has missed this season. Prior to that, Durant had been quietly squeaking his name in the MVP conversation.

In the 15 games that Durant had suited up in for the Suns so far, he’d been averaging 31.4 points per game, 7.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.2 blocked shots with splits of 53.3 percent shooting from the field, 52.2 percent shooting from the three point line and 89.1 percent shooting from the free throw line.