The hamstring injury that forced Ricky Rubio to leave Friday’s game in the first quarter may keep him sidelined as long as 10 days, tweets ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski. Sources add that Rubio could come back sooner, depending how he responds to rehab.
Rubio exited the series-clinching win against Oklahoma City after straining his left hamstring on a behind-the-back pass. It’s a recurring problem for Rubio, who missed a few late-season games with the same issue.
The news is a potentially devastating blow for the Jazz, who open a Western Conference semifinal series with the top-seeded Rockets tomorrow afternoon. Game 2 is set for Wednesday, but the schedule for the rest of the series hasn’t been finalized, so it’s not clear how many games Rubio might miss, even if he’s out for the full 10 days.
Playing in his first-ever postseason series, Rubio was stellar for Utah through five games, averaging 16.8 points, 8.6 rebounds and 7.8 assists. He posted a triple-double with 26/11/10 in Game 3.
I mean that hurts but Houston would throttle them anyways
Won’t matter
I’m not so sure about that. Remember the Paul George non call at the end of the last game? In that same way James Harden gets less and less of those crap calls as the playoffs move forward.
Houston is beatable with their one-on-one basketball. Yes they’re very good I just don’t want to immediately hand the series over to them. I think there’s a challenge here.
Some of Hardens drives just look terrible. Always seems to try a reverse layup, with no hops. They will still beat Utah though. Maybe Utah gets 2 games.
You’re probably right
He was told to stop that backyard wrestling nonsense.
Gotta feel badly for Rubio who has had so many forgettable seasons and now is playing terrific ball.