Another year, another playoff injury for Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul. The 37-year-old had to sit out Game 2 between the Nuggets and the Suns because of a discomfort in the left adductor.
What is known about it and when could Paul return? Details below.
What injury does Chris Paul have?
Paul entered the locker room at closing third quarter of Game 2 between Suns and Nuggetswith clear discomfort in left adductor. A few minutes later, the point guard was are rejected to rejoin this party.
However, the Suns did not specify what type of injury Paul suffered the outlook is not promising at all for the base, nor for Phoenix. Initially, the damage was noted as a contraction of the left adductor.
Chris Paul went to the locker room. he was grabbing his groin after that gamepic.twitter.com/zG8DHwGAHE
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How long will Chris Paul be out?
According The Athletic’s Sams Harania reports May 2, Paul will be re-evaluated in a week.so the Phoenix Suns are preparing to face Games 3, 4 and a possible fifth game of the series without him.
Chris Paul’s playoff injury history
Paul is one of the oldest players in the NBA. But that comes at a cost: As a short guard who plays between the trees in the NBA, Paul is more prone to injury. And boy did he have them in the playoffs.
2015
Many of those injuries have occurred in the postseason. In the 2015 playoffs, Paul was injured in the left hamstring. Despite the injury, Paul persevered and hit the series-clinching basket as the Clippers beat the Spurs in seven games.
2016
In 2016, Pavlos he broke his arm right hand while trying to get the ball from Blazers guard Gerald Henderson. He lost the final two games of the series and Los Angeles fell to Portland in six games.
2018
2018 looked to be the year Paul was finally going to break the mold with James Harden and the Rockets. However, PC3 left femur sprain at the end of Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals. He missed the final two games of the series, the Rockets missed 27 straight 3-pointers in Game 7, and the rest was history.
2021
Paul finally broke through the glass ceiling and reached the NBA Finals last year. But it hasn’t been a journey without bumps and bruises. the veteran point guard suffered a right shoulder injury in Game 5 of Phoenix’s first-round series against the Lakers. Paul only played 22 minutes in Game 5 and 28 in Game 6, but rose to prominence as the playoffs progressed.
2022
In the 2022 Western Conference semifinal series between the Suns and Mavs, Paul added a new injury, in this case to right quadriceps. Although arriving at the final game of this tie, which ended Phoenix’s campaign, there were never too many additional details about the severity of the problem.
