Sacramento Kings star De’Aaron Fox fractured the tip of his left index finger during Game 4 of his team’s first round series against the Golden State Warriors on Sunday, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic. Fox will be listed as doubtful for Wednesday’s pivotal Game 5 with the series tied 2-2, but there’s reportedly still a chance he could play.
De’Aaron Fox injury: Kings star will play in Game 5 with broken finger
De’Aaron fractured the tip of his finger, and will be listed as doubtful for Game 5 against the Warriors.
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Fox has been spectacular in the series so far, averaging 31.5 points, seven assists, six rebounds, and 2.5 steals per game through the first four games of the series against the Warriors. The timing could not be worse for the Kings. Sacramento will have two of the next three games at home against a Golden State team that struggles badly on the road, but an injury to their star player would sap the optimism the Kings have about advancing.
On Tuesday, Charania reported Fox is planning to play in Game 5 despite the injury:
Here’s the press release from the Kings on Fox’s condition from Monday.
ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski said Fox could play with a protective covering on his finger. The injury happened on his dominant hand. Anyone who has watched this series has seen Fox attack with his left hand over and over again.
Charania reports that Fox sustained the injury midway through the fourth quarter of Game 4, but kept playing with it. The Warriors beat the Kings, 126-125, when Harrison Barnes missed the game-winner at the buzzer off a pass from Fox.
Game 5 of the first round series between the Kings and Warriors is scheduled for Wednesday night in Sacramento at 9 p.m. ET on TNT.
We’ll update this story as it develops.
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