BOSTON -- Forward Derrick Favors became the second Utah Jazz player to leave Friday night's game against the Boston Celtics in the first half, joining teammate Rudy Gobert in the locker room.Favors, who had six points and three rebounds, took an apparent blow just above his left eye with 4:06 left in the second quarter while committing a foul on Jaylen Brown.Favors is averaging 12.3 points and 6.7 rebounds this season.Gobert left early in the first quarter with a left knee injury and was declared out for the game soon thereafter.Gobert, who had played just five games since returning from missing 11 games with a right tibia contusion, fell over teammate Favors while vying for a rebound just 1:49 into the game.Gobert was on his back as trainers arrived and was then helped to his feet. He was assisted off the court but seemed to be walking better as he headed for the locker room.The big man came into the game averaging 12.2 points and 10.1 rebounds. He also suffered a knee injury in last year's playoffs.In addition to the two Utah players, Boston's Daniel Theis left the game in the first quarter with a facial injury.

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The Oklahoma City Thunder's troublesome trend of letting second-half leads disappear looked like it was going to show itself again.The Minnesota Timberwolves cut a double-digit Thunder lead to one possession with less than a minute to play, but Paul George hit two free throws with 5.2 seconds to play as the Thunder closed out a 111-107 win Friday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena.George had 36 points and Oklahoma City center Steven Adams had 27. Andrew Wiggins' 3-pointer with 9.8 seconds to go had Minnesota as close as it had been since the first quarter, but unlike the Timberwolves' last trip to Oklahoma City -- when Wiggins banked in a game-winning 3-pointer at the buzzer -- the Thunder put this one out of reach.Heat 105, Hornets 100MIAMI -- Josh Richardson scored a career-high 27 points to lead Miami over Charlotte.Dion Waiters finished with 19 points and Wayne Ellington scored 14 points as the Heat overcame a 15-point first-quarter deficit.Miami took the lead for good... [More]

F Derrick Favors posted his fifth double-double of the season on Friday night.

C Derrick Favors scored 12 points with 12 rebounds.

F Derrick Favors scored 24 points in Tuesday's 106-77 victory over Denver. Favors was 12-of-16 shooting to go along with nine rebounds, a season-high five assists and three blocks.

F Derrick Favors scored 23 points in Wednesday's 110-80 victory over Chicago.

F Derrick Favors scored 25 points, hitting 10 of 12 shots from the field, and grabbing 11 rebounds in Saturday's win at Orlando. In his last five games, Favors is averaging 15.8 points and 10 rebounds.

F Derrick Favors started at center in place of Rudy Gobert, who sat out with a knee injury. Favors posted a double-double with season highs of 24 points and 12 rebounds in Saturday's win over Brooklyn. It was his second double-double of the season.

F Derrick Favors chipped in 14 points and 10 rebounds for his first double-double of the season on Saturday.

F Derrick Favors contributed 17 points and 11 rebounds before fouling out with 5:24 remaining on Sunday. "I was struggling a lot this season with injuries, and my teammates had to hold it down for me while I was out," said Favors. "But I felt like I owed them, especially in this game. I just wanted to come out, be aggressive, make sure I had their backs."

F Derrick Favors added 17 points for the Jazz Sunday.

F Derrick Favors added 13 points for the Jazz.

Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert will be sidelined for Game 2 their Western Conference first-round playoff series against the host Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday night, the Salt Lake Tribune reported on Monday.The 24-year-old Gobert, a 7-foot-1 center from France, sustained a hyperextended left knee only 11 seconds into the series opener, which the Jazz rallied to win 97-95 on Saturday."Gobert's status going forward will be determined game by game," Tony Jones of the Tribune wrote. "The Jazz big man is walking without crutches, which is encouraging. At the same time, healing the knee is expected to take some time." An MRI exam showed no structural damage to the knee.Derrick Favors, who had 15 points and six rebounds for the Jazz in Game 1, is expected to replace Gobert in the starting lineup.Gobert, who also plays on the French national team, averaged 14.0 points, 12.8 rebounds and an NBA-leading 2.6 blocked shots per game this season.Game 3 is scheduled for Friday night in Salt Lake City.

F Derrick Favors chipped in 15 points for Utah.

F Derrick Favors (left knee soreness), F Gordon Hayward (left quadriceps contusion), G Rodney Hood (right knee soreness), and G Raul Neto (left ankle sprain) did not play Monday at Golden State.

F Derrick Favors added 13 points for the Jazz. Favors returned to the lineup after a 14-game absence resulting from a left knee contusion.

F Derrick Favors (left knee bone contusion) missed his ninth straight game.

F Derrick Favors (left knee bruise) missed his sixth game in a row Saturday against the

F Derrick Favors missed his fourth consecutive game with a left knee bone contusion.

F Derrick Favors missed his third straight game with a left knee contusion. An MRI on Sunday night uncovered the contusion. Favors is out indefinitely. He has missed 20 games this season.