PHOENIX (AP) — Devin Booker scored 29 points and the Phoenix Suns overcame the loss of Kevin Durant to an ankle injury to beat the San Antonio Spurs 104-93 on Tuesday night.

Durant left the game with 3:51 left in the second quarter and did not return. He walked to the locker room under his own power, and the Suns later said he injured his ankle without providing further details. He finished with 13 points.

Although Oklahoma City won West Group B in the NBA Cup, the Suns were hoping to secure a wild-card spot in the quarterfinals. But they were eliminated when Dallas beat Memphis.

Booker surpassed 15,000 career points with his first basket of the night. He trails only Walter Davis (15,666) on the Phoenix points list.

San Antonio’s Victor Wembanyama scored 15 points, all in the second half, and had 13 rebounds. He missed all seven shots in the first half, six of them from 3-point range.

Devin Vassell led the Spurs with 25 points off the bench. Stephon Castle scored 16 points.

Tyus Jones scored 16 points and Royce O’Neale and Bradley Beal had 10 each for Phoenix.

Takeaways

Spurs: Jeremy Sochan returned after missing 13 games with a left thumb injury that required surgery. He came off the bench and contributed 14 points and 12 rebounds.

Suns: Oso Ighodaro started at center for Phoenix, replacing Jusuf Nurkic, who will be sidelined for at least a week with a bruised right thigh.

Key moment

The Suns started the game on an 11-0 spurt before Castle scored for San Antonio.

Key statistics

The Spurs were 8 of 44 (18%) from 3-point range.

Next

The Spurs host Chicago on Friday. The Suns visit New Orleans on Friday.

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