April 26: Fox is officially available tonight, the team announced (Twitter link via James Ham of TheKingsBeat.com).
April 25: Though he was initially considered doubtful to suit up, All-Star Kings point guard De’Aaron Fox now intends to play through the fractured left index finger on his left shooting hand in Game 5, per Jason Anderson of The Sacramento Bee (Twitter link).
After winning the first two games at home, the Kings dropped consecutive games in Golden State, knotting up their series with the Warriors at 2-2. A critical Game 5 in Sacramento is scheduled for Wednesday evening.
“There’s no [ifs], ands or buts,” Fox told reporters after a team practice today, Anderson tweets. “I’m playing.”
The Kentucky alum pegged his odds of suiting up at “99, 100 percent,” per Anthony Slater of The Athletic (Twitter link)
According to Sean Cunningham of Fox 40 KTXL (via Twitter), Fox said that he would likely miss a week or two of playing time if he had suffered the same injury during the regular season. Fox, who underwent imaging after Sacramento’s 126-125 Game 4 loss at Chase Center, reiterated that he is still able to shoot with the hand.
Along with Curry, Fox has been the best player in this playoff series, so the prospect of potentially losing him Wednesday would have been a brutal blow to Sacramento’s chances. Across four games thus far, he’s been averaging 31.5 PPG on .447/.342/.700 shooting splits, along with 7.0 APG, 6.0 RPG, and 2.5 SPG.
I like Fox, he’s a baller. Kings will be winning a championship in the near future
They could really use one of the Nets 2 way wings who are over 6’6″ can defend and space. Also a real rim protector to play with and staggered along with Sabonis.
Of course he is playing. I been saying that all along he will be playing.
I wish him well…and I’m totally not scared of him lowkey, nope not me…
Wonder if Sabonis will decide to play in game 5, too?