NBA champ's ironman streak comes to an abrupt end due to bizarre injury

San Antonio Spurs seasoned guardant Harrison Barnes played each 82 games successful the NBA for the past 3 seasons and was connected an awesome ironman streak until Tuesday.

Barnes missed the Spurs’ crippled against the Philadelphia 76ers aft helium woke up from a pregame nap with a sore near ankle. Spurs caput manager Mitch Johnson made the determination to support him retired of the game. Barnes’ streak came to an extremity astatine 364 consecutive games.

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San Antonio Spurs guardant Harrison Barnes (40) warms up earlier the crippled against the Utah Jazz astatine Frost Bank Center connected Jan. 19, 2026. (Daniel Dunn/Imagn Images)

Johnson said the one-time NBA champion was added to the wounded study erstwhile Barnes reported soreness erstwhile helium woke up from the nap. Barnes received pregame attraction from the aesculapian staff.

Barnes’ streak wasn’t the highest progressive streak successful the league. New York Knicks’ Mikal Bridges holds the people with 616 consecutive games. Barnes besides trailed Bridges for the astir full games played since 2021 with 382.

San Antonio Spurs guardant Harrison Barnes (40) drives to the handbasket against Phoenix Suns guardant Ryan Dunn (0) during the 2nd fractional of an NBA hoops crippled successful Austin, Texas, Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026.  (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

Barnes has played successful 60 games this season. He’s averaging 10.2 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.1 assists per game.

Luckily, for the Spurs, San Antonio was capable to prime up a triumph without Barnes.

Dylan Harper scored 22 points and Victor Wembanyama had 10 points successful the 131-91 triumph implicit the 76ers.

New York Knicks' OG Anunoby, right, drives to the handbasket past San Antonio Spurs' Harrison Barnes during the archetypal fractional of an NBA hoops crippled Sunday, March 1, 2026, successful New York.  (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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San Antonio has the second-best grounds successful the Western Conference astatine 44-17. The squad is lone 3 games down the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder for the apical spot successful the conference.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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