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Jalen Williams injury update: Thunder star hurts hamstring vs Suns

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Jalen Williams exited in the third quarter of the Thunder's game against the Suns after appearing to suffer a hamstring injury.

Oklahoma City Thunder star Jalen Williams may have hit another speed bump in what has been an injury-plagued year. The 2025 All-Star exited during the third quarter of the defending champions' April 22 game against the Phoenix Suns with an apparent hamstring injury. He grabbed at his left hamstring immediately following a layup attempt with 6:28 to go and was subbed out a short time later, at 5:53, for Cason Wallace.

He was questionable to return, per the ESPN broadcast , but never came back. Jalen Williams left Game 2 vs. the Suns with an apparent hamstring injury.

pic. twitter. com/P47wjF0c9T — ESPN (@espn) April 23, 2026 Williams, who played just 33 games this season, had scored 19 points on 7-for-11 shooting in 23 minutes when he exited the game.

The Thunder lead the series 2-0 now after defeating the Suns 120-107 at Paycom Center. This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Jalen Williams injury update, status for Suns vs Thunder