Sixers lose swingman Green to right calf injury
Philadelphia swingman Danny Green is expected to miss at least two weeks with a right calf strain.
The 76ers said an MRI on Saturday confirmed the extent of the injury.
Green, 33, sustained the injury during the first quarter of Philadelphia’s 127-111 victory over the Atlanta Hawks in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series on Friday night. The 76ers hold a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series heading into Game 4 at Atlanta on Monday.
Matisse Thybulle and Furkan Korkmaz are likely candidates to replace Green in the starting lineup.
Green averaged 9.5 points, 3.8 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 69 games during the regular season.
A three-time NBA champion, Green has played in 757 career games with the Cleveland Cavaliers, San Antonio Spurs, Toronto Raptors, Los Angeles Lakers and 76ers. HARDEN STILL OUT FOR NETS >> The Brooklyn Nets again won’t have James Harden but could have forward Jeff Green back for Game 4 of their second-round playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks.
Nets coach Steve Nash
said Saturday that Harden is out and Green is questionable for today’s game. Nash added that both players are “progressing well.”
Harden hasn’t played since leaving Game 1 of the series in the opening minute with tightness in his right hamstring. Green hasn’t played at all in the series due to a plantar fascia strain.
Green last played in Game 2 of the first-round series against Boston.
The Nets lead the Bucks 2-1 in the best-of-seven matchup.
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Coach Quin Snyder said Conley still is not fully recovered from a mild right hamstring strain that kept him out of the first two games of the series.