Deandre Ayton suffered a rib injury when he took a hard hit from Denver's Bruce Brown in the first quarter of Game 5.
DENVER — Deandre Ayton says he's physically fine following the Phoenix Suns' West semifinals Game 5 blowout loss at the Denver Nuggets, leaving the Suns down 3-2 in the series.Ayton was visibly hurt as he took several minutes to put on his street clothes.
Ayton had a large white bandage over his lower right rib cage, was bent over and grabbed his knees as he grimaced in pain. After Ayton ran back on defense after Terrence Ross missed a 3, Brown got an outlet pass and drove toward the paint past Landry Shamet. Ayton came down the middle of the floor and helped to block Brown's penetration then collided with Brown.
“I feel good. It’s just that everybody thinks it knocked the wind out of me," Ayton said."It was like a bone-on-bone type of thing where it hurt. I had my breath."
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