There was a little bit of déjà vu when Phoenix Suns forward Cameron Johnson missed nearly a month of games late in this newly-ended regular season.
Last season, Johnson had a wrist injury leading to a late-season absence that lasted six games (about two and a half weeks) and left him no time to ‘get right’ before the playoffs started. He put up single-digit point totals in seven of his first 10 games back. He only played 21-plus minutes in three of those 10 games; no chance to get his sea legs back under him.
This season, Johnson’s absence due to a thigh contusion (thanks to Mitchell Robinson’s knee) lasted 13 games (about four weeks) giving him a whopping six games to get right before the playoffs started.