You snooze, you lose.
Spurs veteran Harrison Barnes’ four-year-long streak of consecutive video games performed ended after he awoke from a nap with a sore left ankle, inflicting him to overlook Tuesday’s sport in opposition to the Sixers.
“He awoke from his nap and we came upon,” Spurs head coach Mitch Johnson informed reporters earlier than Tuesday’s matchup in Philadelphia, per The Athletic. “So he’s with the medical workers now and hope it’s nothing severe.”
Barnes, 33, performed in 364 straight video games relationship again to 2021 earlier than he surprisingly popped up on San Antonio’s damage report.
The ahead’s final missed sport was on account of a sprained proper foot on Dec. 4, 2021, when he was a member of the Kings.
Barnes’ ironman streak trailed solely Mikal Bridges amongst energetic gamers; the Knicks’ swingman has performed in 618 consecutive contests, together with New York’s 111-95 victory in opposition to the Raptors Tuesday evening.
“Sooner or later, he needed to [miss a game],” Johnson added. “It speaks to the preparation that he does earlier than he goes into the sport. It speaks to the restoration course of that he places in after the sport. He’s only a consummate professional. It’s a heckuva run that he had.”
In his most up-to-date outing, Barnes notched three factors and two assists in 17 minutes of motion Sunday in the course of the Spurs’ 114-89 blowout loss to the Knicks.
A key member of the Warriors throughout his first 4 seasons, together with Golden State’s championship-winning staff in 2015, Barnes has since bounced round to the Mavericks, Kings and Spurs.
San Antonio acquired Barnes in July 2024 as a part of a three-team commerce that despatched veteran All-Star DeMar DeRozan to Sacramento.
In 60 video games (49 begins) this season, Barnes is averaging 10.2 factors and a couple of.9 rebounds whereas taking pictures 44.2 p.c from the sector.
Even with out Barnes, the Spurs rebounded nicely from Sunday’s defeat at Madison Sq. Backyard, as they steamrolled the Sixers 131-91 in Philadelphia.
With Tuesday’s win, the Spurs improved to 44-17, three video games again of the defending champion Thunder for the highest seed within the Western Convention.
