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DeMar DeRozan to miss tonight’s game in Minnesota due to personal reasons

Spurs star swingman DeMar DeRozan will miss the second leg of a two-game mini-series versus the Minnesota Timberwolves to tend to his ill father, according to Jeff McDonald of the San Antonio Express-News.

DeMar DeRozan has returned to Los Angeles to tend to his ill father in Los Angeles and will not play for the Spurs tonight in Minnesota. https://t.co/e4aamlQdlg

— Jeff McDonald (@JMcDonald_SAEN) January 10, 2021

DeRozan has been a picture of health since joining the Silver and Black two years ago, missing just eight of a possible 162 games, and this will be his first absence of the 2020-2021 season.