{"id":15114218,"date":"2026-05-21T02:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-05-21T06:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spurs-harper-exits-game-2-with-right-leg-injury\/"},"modified":"2026-05-21T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T10:01:35","slug":"spurs-harper-exits-game-2-with-right-leg-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthacity.com\/news\/spurs-harper-exits-game-2-with-right-leg-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Spurs&#039; Harper exits Game 2 with right leg injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio Spurs guard <a data-in-app-uri=\"thescore:\/\/\/nba\/players\/171821\" href=\"https:\/\/thescore.com\/nba\/players\/171821\">Dylan Harper<\/a> won&#8217;t return to Wednesday&#8217;s Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right leg injury.<\/p>\n<p>Harper appeared to suffer the injury while driving to the basket in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"article-segment--embed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Dylan Harper has gone to the locker room after grabbing his right hamstring <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ProFootballDoc?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ProFootballDoc<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4m0yzvX6Au\">pic.twitter.com\/4m0yzvX6Au<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sports Injury Central (@SICscore) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SICscore\/status\/2057284381027520749?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 21, 2026<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The 6-foot-5 guard had 12 points, three assists, and two boards in 25 minutes of action before exiting.<\/p>\n<div class=\"the-score-article-ad-unit\"><\/div>\n<p>Harper earned his second straight start with <a data-in-app-uri=\"thescore:\/\/\/nba\/players\/53733\" href=\"https:\/\/thescore.com\/nba\/players\/53733\">De&#8217;Aaron Fox<\/a> still sidelined with an ankle injury. The Rutgers product rose to the occasion in the West finals opener, tallying 24 points, 11 boards, seven steals, and six assists.<\/p>\n<p>Harper was named to the NBA&#8217;s All-Rookie first team earlier Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><small><em>Copyright &copy; 2026 Score Media Ventures Inc. All rights reserved. Certain content reproduced under license.<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p class=\"inmi-source\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/thescore.com\/nba\/news\/3543708\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sports Basketball \u2013 The Score<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Antonio Spurs guard Dylan Harper won&#8217;t return to Wednesday&#8217;s Game 2 against the Oklahoma City Thunder due to a right leg injury.Harper appeared to suffer the injury while driving to the basket in the third quarter.<br \/>\nDylan Harper has 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