PORTLAND — Trail Blazers guard Brandon Roy will miss the next three games and the All-Star game with a right hamstring injury.
Roy has already missed 11 of the last 12 games. He was originally hurt in a Jan. 13 game against Milwaukee, then aggravated the injury on Jan. 20 at Philadelphia.
“I don’t feel like I’m at a level where I can help the guys out right now,” he said Saturday night before the Blazers played the Los Angeles Lakers.
Roy, in his fourth season with the Blazers, made the All-Star team as a reserve for the third straight season.
“This was not a decision that any of us wanted to make, but in the end we had to do what was best for Brandon,” Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard said. “We’re hopeful that this extended rest will put Brandon in the best possible position to return to the lineup shortly after the All-Star break.”
Roy leads the Blazers with 23.1 points per game.
Roy’s injury is the latest to strike the Blazers, who have lost centers Joel Przybilla and Greg Oden to season-ending knee injuries.
Recently, Portland saw the return of forward Rudy Fernandez, who missed 19 games because of a back problem, and forward Nicolas Batum, who was supposed to start but had shoulder surgery just before the start of the season.
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