Phoenix Suns guard Grayson Allen aggravated the sprained right ankle he suffered in the series opener, forcing him to hobble off in the third quarter of Game 2 against the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday — and again putting his availability in question. Allen had X-rays on his ankle, as he did after the injury in Game 1. There's no fracture, coach Frank Vogel said after the Suns' 105-93 loss, only a return of the day-to-day status next to Allen's name. The team had listed Allen, who led the NBA in 3-point shooting percentage this season, as questionable.
Tyrese Maxey was sixth in the Most Improved Player voting two years ago, a tribute to the jump he made between his first and second seasons in the NBA. Philadelphia's All-Star guard on Tuesday night was named the league's most improved this season. Phoenix Suns' guard Grayson Allen received a second-place vote and a third-place vote for Most Improved Player. Maxey's scoring rose for the third consecutive year, and he finished the regular season averaging 25.9 points, 6.2 assists, 3.7 rebounds and 1.0 steals per game — all career bests.
In last season's playoffs, Timberwolves star big man Karl-Anthony Towns often was left alone on a defensive island against league MVP Nikola Jokic in a first-round series Denver won in five games. In Saturday's Game 1 victory over Phoenix at Target Center, Towns often was left alone to defend superstar Kevin Durant in a matchup of power forwards. Durant got his 31 points while teammates Devin ...
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8 | SG | |
27 | C | |
3 | SG | |
11 | PF | |
1 | SG | |
35 | SF | |
14 | C | |
23 | SG | |
10 | SG | |
38 | PG | |
25 | PF | |
20 | C | |
00 | SF | |
2 | SG | |
21 | PF | |
4 | PG | |
12 | SF | |
30 | PF |