Right foot dislocation rules out Kersey
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SAN ANTONIO -- Jerome Kersey is joining Tim Duncan on the San Antonio Spurs' sideline.

Kersey suffered a right mid-foot dislocation in Tuesday's 85-70 playoff victory over the Phoenix Suns and the veteran forward will miss the rest of the playoffs, the team announced Wednesday.

The absence of Kersey and Duncan leaves the defending NBA champion Spurs with just 10 healthy players. Duncan has missed the first two games of the Western Conference first-round series with torn cartilage in his left knee.

The 6-foot-7 Kersey suffered the injury in the third quarter. He had two points and three rebounds in 11 minutes before departing.

In his 16th season and second with the Spurs, Kersey, 37, averaged 4.5 points and 3.1 rebounds in 72 games. He had a handful of starts as he helped fill the small forward position until Sean Elliott returned from a kidney transplant.

Kersey has played for Portland, the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State, Seattle and San Antonio. A product of Longwood College in Virginia, he entered this season with career averages of 10.8 points and 5.7 rebounds in 1,059 games.

Duncan is questionable for Game 3 on Saturday in Phoenix.

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