Utah Jazz guard Mike Conley (Chris Nicoll-USA TODAY Sports)
The Utah Jazz might begin another series with a top playmaker on the bench.
All-Star guard Mike Conley left the court in the first half of the No. 1 seed Utah Jazz’s series-clinching Game 5 home win over the No. 8 seed Memphis Grizzlies on Wednesday. Then he never reentered in the second half.
The reason for Conley’s exit was right hamstring soreness, which had plagued the 33-year-old pretty much throughout the regular season but most notably down the stretch as he missed nine of the team’s final 11 games.