Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul to miss 6-8 weeks with right thumb injury

Phoenix Suns guard Chris Paul will be out for the next six to eight weeks because of an avulsion fracture in his right thumb.

The injury is a massive blow to a Suns team with the league’s best record, and knocks the All-Star floor general out for at least the vast majority of the remaining regular-season schedule.

The regular season ends seven weeks from Sunday, on April 10. The playoffs begin on April 16.

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Paul, who is averaging 14.9 points and a league-leading 10.7 assists for the 48-win Suns, hurt his thumb during the third quarter of Wednesday’s victory over the visiting Houston Rockets. He was ejected for picking up a pair of technical fouls immediately after the play happened and was seen grabbing at his hand as he exited the court.

Paul came off the bench for Team LeBron on Sunday night less than an hour after the news of his injury first broke.

He checked into the game for DeMar DeRozan with 3:49 to go in the first quarter. Paul was guarding his Suns teammate, Devin Booker, who half-heartedly tried to get him to fall for his own move — the rip-through to draw a foul — before firing up a missed jumper.

Paul, who was wearing a wrap on his right hand, had one shot at an assist, passing the ball to Jimmy Butler — who missed a corner 3-pointer. Then he drove down the lane for a left-handed layup that he missed.

Afterward, Paul — true to form — swiped at the ball with his left hand after Rudy Gobert grabbed the rebound of his miss, and got called for a foul. The game then went into a timeout, and when play resumed, Paul found himself back on the bench.

Suns coach Monty Williams was the head coach of Team LeBron Sunday.

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