Timberwolves guard Terrence Shannon Jr. has been added to the injury report for Game 6 on Friday. According to the team (Twitter link), Shannon is considered questionable to suit up in Minnesota tonight due to a head contusion.
It’s unclear when Shannon sustained the injury, but it rarely bodes well for a player’s availability when he’s a late addition to the injury report just hours before tip-off, as Jon Krawczynski of The Athletic tweets.
Shannon played a modest role for Minnesota during the regular season, averaging 12.5 minutes per game across 43 appearances, and received multiple DNP-CDs to open the playoffs. But he has emerged as a key part of Chris Finch‘s rotation since scoring 24 points in nearly 35 minutes of action in the team’s close-out game vs. Denver in the first round.
In five games (two starts) against San Antonio in the conference semifinals, Shannon has averaged 8.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.0 assists in 25.0 minutes per contest. He has struggled with his shot against the league’s third-best defense, making just 14-of-48 shots from the floor (29.2%), including 3-of-17 from three-point range (17.6%).
If Shannon doesn’t play on Friday, it would likely result in increased minutes for guards Ayo Dosunmu and Mike Conley, with Bones Hyland perhaps getting a chance to return to the rotation.
The Timberwolves trail the Spurs 3-2 in the series and will have to win at home on Friday in order to force a Game 7 on Sunday.
dude has been on the injury report a lot this season