NBA point guard injuries are piling up

San Antonio’s Tony Parker needs surgery to fix his left leg and won’t play again until next season. Toronto’s Kyle Lowry is dealing with a nasty sprained ankle. Utah’s George Hill is sitting out with a bad toe.

Be careful out there, NBA starting point guards.

Playoff injuries are piling up, with no team immune.

Parker’s season-ending injury — suspected when he needed to be carried off the floor on Wednesday night, confirmed by the Spurs on Thursday — will have enormous on-court effect, since it means for the first time since 2001 San Antonio will go into a playoff game without the fourtime NBA champion guard in uniform.

But go down the list of every starting point guard on all eight remaining teams, and everyone is dealing with something.

The Cavaliers’ Kyrie Irving was slowed near the end of the regular season by knee soreness, though seems fine so far in the postseason. Houston’s James Harden, Washington’s John Wall and Golden State’s Stephen Curry have all tweaked ankles, yet escaped major harm. Boston’s Isaiah Thomas is playing with a heavy heart following the tragic and sudden death of his sister, and in a remarkable show of strength his game has stayed sharp.

Imagine an NFL postseason where every starting quarterback is ailing.

“Just sucks to see anybody go down, no matter who it was,” Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan said Thursday, when asked about Lowry and how that will impact the Raptors going forward. “Just one of them things. When it rains it pours at this point.”

Both of Friday’s games will have big questions at the point. The Spurs will be without Parker, and the Raptors don’t know how effective Lowry will be — or if he can play, period.