5:05pm: Booker will play tonight, according to coach Monty Williams, Andrew Lopez of ESPN tweets.
4:40pm: The Raptors have ruled out guard Fred VanVleet for Game 6 against the Sixers tonight, according to coach Nick Nurse, Tim Bontemps of ESPN tweets.
VanVleet had been listed as doubtful. The Raptors will be looking to stave off elimination once again and even up the series at 3-3 with a win in Toronto.
VanVleet suffered a left hip flexor strain in Game 4 on Saturday. Toronto emerged with a 103-88 win in Game 5 without him as Nurse used an unconventional rotation without a true point guard.
Meanwhile, the Suns will look to close out their series with the Pelicans with their leading scorer back in action. Devin Booker is expected to play in Game 6 tonight, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski tweets.
Booker will test out his strained hamstring in pregame warmups, and assuming all goes well, he’ll be back on the floor after missing the past three games.
Phoenix has gone 2-1 without Booker, who is officially listed as questionable.
Pelicans
Suck
Azz.
99% chance that Jose Alvarado gets named head coach at Tech less than 2yrs after he retires from the league… Pels obv led by their big3 of BI/CJ/JoVal but they’re also on the verge of having 1 of the strongest young cores in basketball with Jose, Kira Lewis, Herb, Trey & Jaxson plus adding someone like Johnny Davis, Keegan Murray or Shaedon Sharpe with their upcoming top10 pick. Adding Zion to that mix would be huge. But if he’s had enough of NO, adding John Collins, Onyeka Okongwu & Kevin Huerter would be pretty incredible too. Zion, Devonte & JoVal to Atl for John, Onyeka, Kev & a couple future 1sts would be a really good deal for both sides fr. Especially with John & Kev already locked up longterm
For the love of baby Jesus please don’t lose Sixers I can’t handle another off-season of everyone hating on the team
I promise not to hate on the Sixers if they lose; I’ll just laugh. A lot