Jalen Williams sustains hamstring strain, to be week-to-week

Spending a few moments on the Thunder bench, Williams eventually exited through the tunnel. A little over 12 hours later, we now know Williams will miss at least Games 3 and 4 against the Suns. And maybe more beyond that.

Just a brutal development. Williams was OKC's best playoff player through the six quarters of their hopeful back-to-back journey. He had 19 points and four assists before the injury. This is the 25-year-old's third hamstring strain in four months. The other two were on his right leg and occurred on Jan. 17 and Feb. 11.

Well, the Thunder are back to playing without their All-NBA player. They should sadly be used to it by now. Williams only played in 33 regular-season games as two wrist surgeries and two hamstring strains sidelined him for most of the year. They should still take care of business against the Suns, but they're playing with fire beyond that in the NBA playoffs as the competition level upgrades.

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