March 2016 Basketball Wiretap

Tim Duncan To Miss 4th Straight Game With Knee Soreness

Jan 31, 2016 3:52 PM

Tim Duncan will miss his fourth straight game due to knee soreness on Monday.

Gregg Popovich said Wednesday that Duncan underwent an MRI on his right knee, and that he was in the process of rehabilitating it. 

Duncan is averaging just 8.9 points and 7.5 rebounds per game this season but he remains a key part of the Spurs' defense.

The Spurs don't have a publicly available timeline for when Duncan will return.

Melissa Rohlin/San Antonio Express-News

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Festus Ezeli Undergoes MRI On Left Knee, Results Inconclusive

Jan 30, 2016 5:04 PM

Festus Ezeli missed his second straight game Saturday because of a sore left knee.

Ezeli tweaked his knee during a 10-minute stretch Monday against San Antonio, and he had an MRI exam Tuesday.

The results were inconclusive and the Golden State Warriors' doctors will confer about next steps.

Ezeli is averaging 7.5 points, 5.9 rebounds and 1.2 blocked shots in 17.8 minutes this season. He missed the 2013-14 after surgery on his right knee.

Rusty Simmons/San Francisco Chronicle

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Paul Millsap Day-To-Day With Sprained Ankle

Jan 30, 2016 4:57 PM

Paul Millsap suffered a left ankle sprain with 2:50 remaining in the second quarter of Thursday's. Millsap left the contest and did not return.

X-rays were negative and he's listed as probable for Sunday's game at Miami.

Millsap was voted onto the All-Star team this week.

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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Plays First Game Of 15-16 Season

Jan 30, 2016 3:48 PM

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist played his first game of the season after suffering a shoulder injury in the preseason.

Kidd-Gilchrist started and played 33 minutes, getting 13 points and seven rebounds.

"I was a little winded," he said. "I had a spurt of sprints up and down the floor o I got a little tired but that's going to come."

Kidd-Gilchrist had surgery for a torn labrum after getting injured in the team's first preseason game at Orlando on Oct. 3.

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Nikola Mirotic Out At Least Three Weeks With Appendectomy

Jan 27, 2016 7:50 PM

Nikola Mirotic will miss at least three weeks after having an appendectomy on Wednesday, the team announced. 

Mirotic was diagnosed with an acute appendicitis and had surgery at Rush University Medical Center.

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Anthony Davis Suffers 2nd Concussion In Three Years

Jan 27, 2016 10:38 AM

Anthony Davis suffered his second concussion in just over three years on Monday.

Davis received an inadvertent elbow from Tyreke Evans.

Davis experienced a similar situation in November 2012, when he got hit by former teammate Austin Rivers' elbow on a defensive play in the lane. 

 

The Pelicans did not practice on Tuesday, but before Davis can be cleared to return, he will have to complete a series of tests to determine if he's fit to return on the NBA's strict concussion policy for head injuries.

Since his rookie season in 2012-13, Davis has missed 52 games due to injury that have included two concussions, left ankle sprain, knee soreness, a chest contusion, left toe sprain, abductor strain, right shoulder sprain, fractured hand, back spasms, flu-like illness, right hip contusion, left shoulder soreness and bruised lower back. 

John Reid/Times Picayune

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Kyle Lowry Injures Wrist, X-Rays Negative

Jan 26, 2016 10:18 PM

Kyle Lowry injured his left wrist but x-rays immediately taken after were negative.

Lowry suffered the injury with three minutes remaining in the game and the Toronto Raptors were up by 17 points.

Lowry was voted into the All-Star Game as an Eastern Conference starter.

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Bradley Beal Day-To-Day With Broken Nose, Concussion

Jan 26, 2016 2:56 PM

Bradley Beal has been diagnosed with a broken nose and concussion by the Wizards medical staff after being hit in the face at the 8:22 mark of the second quarter during Monday night's game vs. Boston.

Beal is out for Tuesday's game at Toronto and his status moving forward will be listed as day-to-day. 

Per the NBA's Concussion Policy, Beal will now begin the NBA-mandated “Return-to-Participation Exertion Protocol” and will be cleared to play once he has remained symptom-free during each step of the process.

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Blake Griffin Punches Clippers' Employee, Out 4-6 Weeks With Broken Hand

Jan 26, 2016 2:49 PM

Blake Griffin has hurt his hand in a fight with a member of the Los Angeles Clippers' equipment staff.

Griffin suffered a fracture in his hand and will miss four to six weeks.

Griffin and the equipment staffer got into an argument in a restaurant during the team's trip to Toronto. Griffin hit the man, who then left the restaurant and went outside. Griffin followed him outside and hit him again.

The hand injury is expected to keep Griffin out "a matter of weeks, as opposed to days."

Griffin, who has been out with a quadriceps injury, originally hoped to return to the lineup during this road trip. 

In November 2014, Griffin was charged with one count of misdemeanor battery after allegedly getting into an altercation with a man at a Las Vegas nightclub. 

According to Sam Amick, the altercation was with Matias Testi, who has been close friends with Griffin for years. Griffin and Testi routinely banter back and forth.

Griffin and Testi have both been sent home to Los Angeles.

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Andre Roberson Out At Least Three Weeks With Knee Injury

Jan 25, 2016 3:43 PM

Andre Roberson will be out at least three weeks with a right knee sprain.

Roberson suffered the injury in Sunday's loss by the Oklahoma City Thunder against the Brooklyn Nets.

Russell Westbrook crashed into Roberson's right leg after flying in for a missed reverse layup.

Roberson limped to the bench and eventually the locker room, not returning. He was seen postgame without crutches, but walking with a heavy limp. 

Anthony Slater/Oklahoman

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Mike Dunleavy Jr. Targeting February Return

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Tim Duncan To Miss Warriors' Game With Knee Soreness

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Dwight Howard Disappointed With Test On Left Ankle

Jonathan Feigen/Houston Chronicle

Blake Griffin Ramps Up Workouts, Could Return Tuesday

Ben Bolch/Los Angeles Times

Eric Gordon To Miss 4-6 Weeks With Surgery On Fractured Finger

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Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Cleared For Full-Contact Practice

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Joakim Noah Out 4-6 Months With Shoulder Surgery

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Joakim Noah Suffers Disclocated Shoulder

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Goran Dragic Out At Least One Week With Mild Calf Strain

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Rodney Stuckey Out Two Weeks With Injured Foot

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Jarrett Jack Undergoes Successful ACL Surgery

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Vitti Recommends Lakers Rest Kobe Bryant's Achilles Injury For 1-2 Weeks

Broderick Turner/Los Angeles Times

Derrick Rose Leaves Game With Left Patellar Tendonitis

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Quincy Pondexter To Undergo Season-Ending Knee Surgery

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Cleanthony Early Could Return In March From Gunshot Wound

Marc Berman/New York Post

Stephen Curry Not Considering Sitting Four Weeks To Let Shin Heal

Rusty Simmons/San Francisco Chroncile

Michael Kidd-Gilchrist Insists He'll Return This Season

Rick Bonnell/Charlotte Observer

DeMarre Carroll Undergoes Surgery On Right Knee

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Hassan Whiteside Could Miss More Time With Knee Injury

Manny Navarro/Miami Herald

Derrick Rose's MRI On Right Knee Comes Back Negative

K.C. Johnson/Chicago Tribune