San Antonio Spurs guard Tony Parker will miss the rest of the playoffs after rupturing the quadriceps tendon in his left leg in Game 2 of the Western Conference semi-finals against the Houston Rockets.
Parker will need season-ending surgery, meaning the Spurs will have to go through the rest of the post-season without their veteran floor leader.
He was injured with 8:34 to play in Wednesday night's game and the Spurs went on to win and tie the series at one game apiece.
While the 34-year-old Parker is not the dynamic playmaker he was in his younger days, he has still been hugely important to what the team does. After the Spurs were blown out in Game 1, Parker responded with 18 points in 25 minutes before getting injured.
The injury to Parker could mean that Australia's Patty Mills will run the offence for the Spurs as they look to try and make their way through the Western Conference.
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Mills had earlier indicated he would be willing to step up if Parker was indeed put on the long-term injury list.
