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Rockets' Austin Rivers ruled out with a thumb injury

Rockets guard Austin Rivers was held out of Saturday’s game with ligament damage in his right thumb that Rockets coach Mike D’Antoni said occurred in Memphis on Tuesday.

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Rivers tried to play through the injury on Wednesday but made just 1 of 5 shots. D’Antoni said that in hindsight Rivers probably should not have played through the injury. He said he could return on Monday against the Thunder.

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