San Antonio Spurs point guard Tony Parker is back on the court after leaving the team's opening playoff game against the Los Angeles Clippers due to an ankle injury suffered in the first quarter Sunday night. He missed a few minutes and briefly headed to the locker room but has since returned to action.
Tony Parker leaves Game 1 with ankle injury, returns minutes later
Parker missed some time after tweaking his ankle but is back on the court for San Antonio.
Derick E. Hingle-USA TODAY Sports
Parker appeared to tweak his left ankle while defending a Blake Griffin drive in the paint early in Game 1 at Staples Center. He briefly left the game before returning for a few minutes, but didn't last long before a trip to the locker room for further evaluation. He returned to the bench for the second quarter, however, and got back on the court minutes later.
In eight minutes of first-quarter action, Parker recorded one assist and shot 0-of-2 from the field.
Parker played in 68 games for the Spurs during the regular season. The six-time All-Star averaged 14.4 points and 4.9 assists in 28.7 minutes per game. Each of those numbers was his lowest in over a decade, though that's partially because Kawhi Leonard has taken over as the team's star leader now.
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