US EditionSpurs Rookie Dylan Harper Returns Against Trail Blazers After Missing 3 1/2 Weeks with Calf Injury
Rookie Dylan Harper, averaging 14 points before injury, returns after 23 days, providing depth as three Spurs players remain sidelined with injuries.
- After 23 days and 10 games, rookie point guard Dylan Harper is set to return to Mitch Johnson's rotation in Portland, Harper told the San Antonio Express-News at shootaround.
- Harper suffered the strain on Nov. 2 while defending a Nick Richards dunk, and an MRI confirmed the left-calf strain after the injury.
- Harper, 19, produced 14 points, 4 rebounds and 3.8 assists in his first six games, shooting 50% and 35.7% from 3-point range, and he is expected to come off the bench against the Trail Blazers.
- With Wembanyama, Castle and McLaughlin sidelined, Dylan Harper adds depth as Harrison Ingram remains OUT with the Austin Spurs.
- San Antonio Spurs meet Portland Trail Blazers in their third NBA Cup game with Dylan Harper and De'Aaron Fox available, while Portland misses Scott Henderson, Jrue Holiday, Damian Lillard, Matisse Thybulle, and Blake Wesley.
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