Ryan Anderson, one of the Houston Rockets’ most important players and their second-most highly paid, will be out at least two weeks with a right ankle sprain, head coach Mike D’Antoni said Sunday.
Eric Gordon will start in his place in the huge, ABC tilt against the Oklahoma City Thunder and will presumptively continue to do so in Anderson’s absence. D’Antoni will fully embrace a lineup with Trevor Ariza as the nominal power forward and the 6-foot-4 Gordon as the small forward.
Anderson left Friday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans after he landed on DeMarcus Cousins.