Spurs guard Dylan Harper will be a game-time decision Friday for Game 3 of the Western Conference finals against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Harper underwent an MRI on Thursday afternoon, and the results revealed a right adductor injury, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania.

The rookie is expected to go through his pregame routine before the club decides on his status. Harper is listed officially as questionable for Game 3 along with veteran guard De’Aaron Fox(right ankle). If both guards can make their return, it would greatly benefit a Spurs team that finds itself thin in the backcourt.

relax336 | Lakers

1 | 27 minutes ago

Damn these Spurs injuries.

ForneauCosmique | Spurs

1 | 25 minutes ago

The champion is often the team most healthy at the end of the season

Zeeron1 | Thunder

1 | 13 minutes ago

So the ECF is the real finals, just like we all predicted!

c32dot | Lakers

1 | 9 minutes ago

No, because the Knicks are 🧹

Fun_Video5418

1 | 19 minutes ago

With that injury they say if it’s mild it takes a week up to 2 weeks on the low end to get normal waking movements hopefully he can play on restricted minutes but you don’t want it to get worse and put him on the sidelines for 2 plus months if it’s severe

Longjumping_One_9164 | Thunder

1 | 9 minutes ago

The Spurs need him to play, but you dont piss around with adductor injuries in a sport like Basketball. They pop and you are out.

Not quite as bad as a hamstring tweak, but can easily see it being aggravated if he plays (but may be worth it for G3).

Dhr7468 | Thunder

1 | 6 minutes ago

He doesn’t have a strain though. Don’t think it takes two weeks if it’s just sore

Starfish_Bobertsons

1 | 27 minutes ago

Adductor is no joke.

Still, pretty good shot either he or Fox or both play

JohnAnchovy

1 | 19 minutes ago

He tried coming back in the game. I think they were afraid hed reinjure it.

Raphael_GT | Spurs

1 | 14 minutes ago

I think they were mentioning he tried coming out in game cause they thought there may have been free throws but brought him to the back again when it turned out there wasn’t free throws.

Plane-Gur2798 | Thunder

1 | 9 minutes ago

Fox I don’t think we’ll see this series. Mitch said they wouldn’t even be considering it in the regular season.

Harper I think see back game 4-5 at the earliest.

I don’t think we see Harper, Fox or Dub tonight.

t_O_O_t | NBA

1 | 15 minutes ago

if they are both out spurs arent winning another game. 4-1 OKC

drippo-potamus | Spurs

1 | 11 minutes ago

Crazy to imagine our championship hopes are partially riding on the health of a rookie. Never in a million years would’ve thought this would be the outcome, even knowing he was a second pick.

mangabalanga | Thunder

1 | 10 minutes ago

I mean you guys are way ahead of schedule and Harper is part of the reason why

Puzzleheaded_Cost414

1 | 9 minutes ago

I hate the spurs but fuck that Dylan Harper is something else. His finishing around the rim is absolutely elite.

Plane-Gur2798 | Thunder

1 | 8 minutes ago

If both sit sure but I think if Fox could come back it’d be impactful enough to make it a series. Your main ballhandler is turning it over 10 times a game right now so any competency at all would be a big change.

Not taking anything away from Harper though he’s gonna be great

anesthesiologist2 | Bulls

1 | 9 minutes ago

Wouldn’t be so sure that they can’t string something together

AntSmith777 | Lakers

1 | 12 minutes ago

Need one of them to play. I don’t think they’re beating OKC with both PGs out and McLaughlin in the rotation.

DistributionOk9687

1 | 23 minutes ago

If they are injured, the Spurs won’t risk anything with them, especially since this roster is far from optimal; adjustments during the offseason are necessary.

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

1 | 20 minutes ago

You need to treat every shot at the championship as your last.

How many people thought that Giannis and Jokic were going to get multiple championships with the same core? They could win second rings, but the teams will be completely different or they may be somewhere else.

Last year may have been the Pacers only shot with the Haliban.

Despite the Nico of it all, how many people assumed that the Luka Mavs would be back?

Hell, the 2017-2018 Rockets still depress me because they never got that close again. I wish Chris Paul’s injury was one he could have played through.

They are 7 wins from a championship with home court advantage against the 1 seed. You can’t just dismiss that and assume you’ll be back.

JTNWfan | Suns

1 | 15 minutes ago

Giannis is a good example of why not since he has said he hasn’t felt right since coming back early from the knee injury.

Theres so many examples to not do this that I’m not gonna bother listing them. If he can go and is healthy he should play. But if its a risk just let it go for the game

StillwaterJerry | Suns

1 | 14 minutes ago

Giannis also won a ring. You have to go for every chance at a ring you have, especially in the modern landscape of things.

JTNWfan | Suns

1 | 9 minutes ago

No, you don’t. This is a rookie with a high chance to be an all star on a dynasty type team. I would rather not bill walton him in his first post season. I’m sure people agree with you but theres been so many serious lower leg injuries I wouldn’t force it.

If they say he’s good and he thinks he’s good. He should play but if they think this could linger and sitting out this game is best than he should sit out.

Plane-Gur2798 | Thunder

1 | 6 minutes ago

You don’t risk chronic injury to your barely 20 year old rookie with incredible potential by forcing him back quickly in the first year of being a contender.

xcalliber | Kings

1 | 9 minutes ago

Getting their freak 7’4 alien this far into the playoffs relatively unscathed is an accomplishment on it’s own.

Not to be pessimistic, but who knows if he’ll be able to do this again..

DistributionOk9687

1 | 6 minutes ago

The concerns about Wemby’s health are ridiculous; there are guards far more prone to injury.

heat_fan_ | Raptors

1 | 10 minutes ago

One of Fox or Harper will play i think

figureour | Wizards

1 | 5 minutes ago

On the one hand, it sucks that what should be an all time series could get sidelined by injuries. On the other hand, both teams should have close to the same rosters next season so there’s another opportunity to run it back and pray that there are fewer key injuries a year from now.

smellybaggageclaim

1 | 6 minutes ago

SGA missed a couple of weeks with an adductor injury earlier this year. If it’s remotely serious, I wouldn’t expect him to play.

CincinnatiBengalss

1 | 22 minutes ago

Rings are about injury luck alot of the time. That’s why it’s stupid to judge players by using rings. If wemby has his full team they mop the thunder and win the finals (Knicks gonna choke like always)

GGTae | Spurs

1 | 19 minutes ago

I’d argue it’s a factor for every championship in the modern era, can’t remember a full playoffs run without key players being injured, it’s like that for everyone so not much to blame at if not the scheduling or length of the season or pace of the game, everyone has the same problem so it’s fair game

lilbodie | Timberwolves

1 | 12 minutes ago

You’re saying this like the Thunder are fully healthy lol. Spurs also just got pushed to 6 by the hospital wolves, so who is to say they’re still here if the wolves were fully healthy.

It’s so dumb to say xyz would’ve happened if this player or that player wasn’t hurt. It’s impossible to know what would happen.

CincinnatiBengalss

1 | 11 minutes ago

Oh stfu the wolves are fucking ass and a poorly built team. No chance in hell they had a chance regardless

lilbodie | Timberwolves

1 | 8 minutes ago

You watched a team play with no healthy guards and decided they were ass. And you sit here talking about injuries.

Maybe you’re just not very bright.

flacoobey

1 | 11 minutes ago

Very true, Kawhi’s ring in Toronto likely doesn’t happen withut injuries to Klay/KD, Lebron likely has two rings in his second stint in Cleveland if Kyrie and Love don’t get hurt in 2015, the list goes on…

Genericthrowaw4y | Thunder

1 | 22 minutes ago

OKC dynasty reverse sweep

Sorry-Tomatillo5889

1 | 7 minutes ago

I believe you mean gentleman sweep (lose one than win four straight). Reverse sweep is lose 3 then win 4 in a row.

KarrotMovies | LAL

1 | 4 minutes ago

im pretty sure gentleman’s sweep is when you are up 3-0 and let the down team get one game and close out the series in game 5

AvengingHero2012 | Rockets

1 | 15 minutes ago

Classic Oklahoma education. Do you not realize that a reverse sweep is going down 3-0 first and then winning 4 straight.

Which is impossible in a 1-1 series.

The Thunder are not winning in 5 either if that’s what you meant.

Any_Cartographer2066

1 | 10 minutes ago

nah reverse sweep isn’t being down 3 first

Zeeron1 | Thunder

1 | 11 minutes ago

Why choose to be mean about someone misunderstanding a niche term..? Why be that way?

Plaitkul117 | Thunder

1 | 8 minutes ago

Because any mistake made my someone with a Thunder flair is always due to Oklahoma education

SteamingHotChocolate | Celtics

1 | 7 minutes ago

it’s pretty funny to see texas flairs dog on oklahoma education

c32dot | Lakers

1 | 8 minutes ago

What is mean about what he said?

Zeeron1 | Thunder

1 | 4 minutes ago

A person misunderstands a niche sports term and his first thought is “Oklahoma education”. About a niche sports term.

There’s no way you actually need your hand held through human interaction like that. I refuse to believe these people talk like this in real life

c32dot | Lakers

1 | 3 minutes ago

Its you interpreting “Oklahoma education” as a bad thing 😜

[ESPN] Sources: Spurs’ Harper (adductor) a game-time decision vs. Thunder