San Antonio Spurs starting guard De'Aaron Fox is sitting out his second consecutive game Wednesday night against the host Oklahoma City Thunder because of a right high ankle sprain.
Fox suffered the injury in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals against the Timberwolves when Minnesota guard Ayo Dosunmu landed on Fox's ankle while diving for a loose ball.
Fox finished Game 4 and played in Games 5 and 6 as the Spurs closed the series. But he sat out Game 1 of the Western Conference finals against the Thunder on Monday night.
On Wednesday, Fox again tried to go through a pregame workout, but his ankle remained a problem. The Spurs had held out hope until about an hour before game time that Fox could play, and coach Mitch Johnson -- just as he did Monday -- indicated that Fox's status will be a series of game-time decisions for the rest of the season.
"It'll be pretty status quo moving forward, I believe, regardless of if he plays in games or not," Johnson said. "This'll be just kind of the world we live in."