Rockets head coach Mike D’Antoni provided an update on Chris Paul’s right hamstring strain that kept him on the bench during Saturday’s Game 6 loss to the Warriors. Paul, who injured the hamstring during the final minutes of Game 5, is being called a game-time decision according to D’Antoni.
“If I get the nod from the trainers, Chris and the doctors, then he’ll be ready to go,” D’Antoni said in a conference call Sunday evening via ESPN. “Probably if any of those three disagree, he’s probably not going. So I think it’s a game-time decision, whatever it is, probably doubtful or however they listed it or questionable. They will eventually test it and see if there’s any possibility whatsoever.”
Paul hasn’t worked out or tried running since the injury.
“He’s just been getting treatment and trying to make sure it calms down and everything,” D’Antoni said. “I would think the doctors and trainers are working on him 24 hours a day almost. They will tomorrow morning re-evaluate it again, probably tomorrow afternoon again.”
The Rockets couldn’t overcome the absence of Paul in Game 6, running out of gas in the second half after leading by as many as 17. Paul was a huge part of Houston’s wins in Games 4 and 5, averaging 23.5 points in those contests, and 21.1 points and 5.8 assists in the series as a whole.
