PHOENIX (AP) -Suns point guard Steve Nash plans to be ready for Phoenix’s Western Conference semifinal opener against San Antonio despite a sore hip that is keeping him from practice.
Nash didn’t practice Saturday and will rest again Sunday ahead of Game 1 at home on Monday.
The two-time league MVP strained his right hip during a shootaround before Game 3 of the Suns first-round series against Portland. He says the injury bothered him that night, but he felt better in Games 4 and 5. However, he says the injury was “the worst it’s been” in Phoenix’s series clinching 99-90 victory in Portland on Thursday night.
Coach Alvin Gentry calls Nash’s problem “a little hip thing” and no big deal. Gentry says if it were a big deal, he wouldn’t be so calm.
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