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San Antonio Spurs could lose De'Aaron Fox and Dylan Harper for Game 3 of conference final

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Published 3 weeks ago

The San Antonio Spurs could be without guards De'Aaron Fox and Dylan Harper for game three of the NBA Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

[p]All-Star point guard [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/fox-de-aaron/Ysw8Hl5J/"]Fox[/a] has yet to play in the conference finals after injuring his right ankle in the second-round series win over the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/minnesota-timberwolves/KjBIVQcI/"]Minnesota Timberwolves[/a].[/p][p]Rookie [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/harper-dylan/E95BW6Df/"]Harper[/a], who has stood in for Fox in the starting lineup, left Wednesday's [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/oklahoma-city-thunder-0fHFHEWD/san-antonio-spurs-IwmkErSH/?mid=UNmWVTi5"]game-two defeat[/a] with a thigh muscle injury.[/p][p]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-antonio-spurs/IwmkErSH/"]Spurs[/a] opened the best-of-seven series with a spectacular double-overtime victory in game one, with the Thunder bouncing back on their home floor in game two.[/p][embed guid="32908e36-1ebf-4581-a7e3-2c13aa250099" url="https://x.com/BrettSiegelNBA/status/2057582391510642770?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Spurs will host [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/oklahoma-city-thunder-0fHFHEWD/san-antonio-spurs-IwmkErSH/?mid=2ynvU7MH"]games three[/a] and four on Friday and Sunday.[/p][p]The winner of the best-of-seven series will advance to the NBA Finals.[/p][p]The Thunder are also hurting. Swingman [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-jalen/4G5tbqUi/"]Jalen Williams[/a], who has been hampered by a hamstring issue since the start of the playoffs exited after just seven minutes in game two and is questionable for Friday's game.[/p]

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