Chris Paul suffered his injury in third quarter of Phoenix's Game 2 loss at No. 1 seed Denver in West semifinals. The Suns are down 2-0 in the series.
The Phoenix Suns are down 0-2 to the Denver Nuggets in their NBA playoff series. Chris Paul left Game 2 with an apparent groin injury.Phoenix Suns veteran point guard Chris Paul didn't try to play through what was ruled left groin tightness in the third quarter of the Game 2 loss at Denver.Sources informed the The Republic that Paul will be out at least a week. The Suns play Game 3 and 4 Friday and Sunday, respectively, of this Western Conference semifinals series at Footprint Center.
Payne started for Paul in Game 1 and 2 of the 2021 conference finals against the Clippers and was huge in the Suns taking a 2-0 series lead in the sereis, which they won in six. He posted a playoff career-high 29 points and nine assists in Game 2.Booker has already been playing lead guard for sizeable stretches as Paul has played off the ball this season.
The backup shooting guard who played the one in college, is 2-of-8 from 3 and has only four assists in the playoffs. Ross played the final 5:09 of Phoenix's Game 1 loss at Denver as the Suns were down 23 points when Williams took out all the starters. Acquired in the buyout market, Ross didn't play Game 2.
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