The Utah Jazz reported the results of the MRI of Mike Conley: small right hamstring stretch. The former Ohio State player will be re-evaluated before Game 1 of the conference semifinals, which will be against the series winner between the Dallas Mavericks and the Los Angeles Clippers. Conley had to leave the game in the second quarter due to pain in the right thigh. The former Grizzlies player, then, never returned to the field in Wednesday’s game.
Fortunately for him, his teammates managed to close the series 4-1, mainly thanks to a great Donovan Mitchell, and return to Western Conference Semifinals from 2018. “It’s the playoffs, so my mindset is: I’ll be ready to play. We will see what happens in the next few days. We should be smart in how we treat it as we get closer to the next series, ”Said Mike Conley.
The fourth pick of the 2007 draft has had to face several times, during his two years in Utah, this problem. More recently, Conley has missed 9 games between the end of April and the beginning of May due to fatigue in the right hamstring. In total it has missed 21 games this season because of this injury or for precautions against this.
In the series against his former team, Conley traveled to 17.4 points and 8.6 assists per game, pulling with the 46.7% from the field and the 54.8% of the 3. In season, however, he traveled to 16.2 points e 6 assist with every lacing of shoes. The 33-year-old originally from Fayetteville, Arkansas, managed to become for the no time in his career an All-Star this season, ending second overall plus-minus throughout the NBA, behind only his teammate Rudy Gobert.
