On Thursday night Houston Rockets managed to get a 98-94 win against the Golden State Warriors in front of their home crowd and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference Finals. Still, that win didn’t come without a price. Rockets announced on Friday morning that their point guard Chris Paul will miss the Game 6 of the series, after suffering a right hamstring strain in the final minutes of Game 5. According to the announcement, Paul will be re-evaluated after the team returns to Houston from their trip to Oakland.

“It’s obviously not something we wanted,” – said Rockets’ coach Mike D’Antoni on Friday morning. “I hate it for him above all. He’s practically won us the past two games. But it’s a great opportunity for other guys, and we have plenty to choose from. We’ll be ready.“

Asked by reporters whether Chris Paul might be ready for Game 7 in case Rockets don’t close out the series in Game 6, D’Antoni responded: “I don’t know.“

.@CP3 will miss Saturday’s game at Golden State with a right hamstring strain.

He will be re-evaluated after the team returns to Houston. pic.twitter.com/5gAdYas3Vo

— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 25, 2018

Chris Paul was a key player for the Houston Rockets in the series against the Warriors and has led them to wins in last two games. In Game 5, Paul managed to hit some tough shots when Rockets needed points the most and overall helped the team with his leadership. During the Western Conference Finals Paul has been averaging almost 20.0 points, 6.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.

“Obviously Chris has been playing extremely well,” – said his teammate James Harden. “Hopefully [he will have] a speedy recovery, which I know will happen. There’s an opportunity, like all year long, for guys to step up and take advantage of an unbelievable opportunity.“

In the Golden State Warriors corner, Andre Iguodala has been struggling with a knee injury and was forced to sit out Game 4 and 5. He is listed as questionable for the upcoming game.

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Things aren’t going so well recently for the Houston Rockets. Just after getting Chris Paul back, the team will now be without MVP candidate and NBA’s scoring leader, James Harden. The Rockets have announced on Monday that Harden suffered a hamstring strain and will be out at least for two weeks. The injury happened in the fourth quarter of the Rockets’ win against the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to Harden’s teammates, him missing games will make things harder for the team that was on five games losing streak before the win against the Lakers.

“If James misses time, it is going to be tough.” – said Trevor Ariza. “Since I have been here, he’s been here, he has been on the court, he has been available. So for him to have to miss time, it would definitely be tough, definitely be an adjustment.“

“Yeah, we lost our horse,” – Chris Paul added.

The Rockets, who are currently sitting on the second place of Western Conference and two games behind the Golden State Warriors, had a lot of issues with the injuries in this season. In the game against the Lakers, they just got back Paul and Clint Capela, who missed three and four games respectively during the Rockets losing streak. Chris Paul alone missed 18 games this season. When he and Harden play together, the team has a 15-2 record.

James Harden is once again playing an amazing season, so it remains to be seen how the injury will affect him. He currently leads the league in scoring with 32.1 points per game and is ranked third in assists with 9.1 per game. After finishing second in MVP voting past two seasons, he has been once again one of the favorites for the award alongside Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James.

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On Thursday night Houston Rockets managed to get a 98-94 win against the Golden State Warriors in front of their home crowd and take a 3-2 lead in the Western Conference Finals. Still, that win didn’t come without a price. Rockets announced on Friday morning that their point guard Chris Paul will miss the Game 6 of the series, after suffering a right hamstring strain in the final minutes of Game 5. According to the announcement, Paul will be re-evaluated after the team returns to Houston from their trip to Oakland.

“It’s obviously not something we wanted,” – said Rockets’ coach Mike D’Antoni on Friday morning. “I hate it for him above all. He’s practically won us the past two games. But it’s a great opportunity for other guys, and we have plenty to choose from. We’ll be ready.“

Asked by reporters whether Chris Paul might be ready for Game 7 in case Rockets don’t close out the series in Game 6, D’Antoni responded: “I don’t know.“

.@CP3 will miss Saturday’s game at Golden State with a right hamstring strain.

He will be re-evaluated after the team returns to Houston. pic.twitter.com/5gAdYas3Vo

— Houston Rockets (@HoustonRockets) May 25, 2018

Chris Paul was a key player for the Houston Rockets in the series against the Warriors and has led them to wins in last two games. In Game 5, Paul managed to hit some tough shots when Rockets needed points the most and overall helped the team with his leadership. During the Western Conference Finals Paul has been averaging almost 20.0 points, 6.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game.

“Obviously Chris has been playing extremely well,” – said his teammate James Harden. “Hopefully [he will have] a speedy recovery, which I know will happen. There’s an opportunity, like all year long, for guys to step up and take advantage of an unbelievable opportunity.“

In the Golden State Warriors corner, Andre Iguodala has been struggling with a knee injury and was forced to sit out Game 4 and 5. He is listed as questionable for the upcoming game.

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Things aren’t going so well recently for the Houston Rockets. Just after getting Chris Paul back, the team will now be without MVP candidate and NBA’s scoring leader, James Harden. The Rockets have announced on Monday that Harden suffered a hamstring strain and will be out at least for two weeks. The injury happened in the fourth quarter of the Rockets’ win against the Los Angeles Lakers.

According to Harden’s teammates, him missing games will make things harder for the team that was on five games losing streak before the win against the Lakers.

“If James misses time, it is going to be tough.” – said Trevor Ariza. “Since I have been here, he’s been here, he has been on the court, he has been available. So for him to have to miss time, it would definitely be tough, definitely be an adjustment.“

“Yeah, we lost our horse,” – Chris Paul added.

The Rockets, who are currently sitting on the second place of Western Conference and two games behind the Golden State Warriors, had a lot of issues with the injuries in this season. In the game against the Lakers, they just got back Paul and Clint Capela, who missed three and four games respectively during the Rockets losing streak. Chris Paul alone missed 18 games this season. When he and Harden play together, the team has a 15-2 record.

James Harden is once again playing an amazing season, so it remains to be seen how the injury will affect him. He currently leads the league in scoring with 32.1 points per game and is ranked third in assists with 9.1 per game. After finishing second in MVP voting past two seasons, he has been once again one of the favorites for the award alongside Cleveland Cavaliers’ LeBron James.

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