New Orleans Pelicans center Steven Adams will not play Friday night against the Phoenix Suns due to an ankle injury according to head coach Stan Van Gundy, per Jim Eichenhofer. Adams injured the ankle in the team’s game Wednesday night against Portland, causing him to leave the game in the third quarter.
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According to Cassidy Hubbarth of ESPN, Philadelphia Sixers point forward Ben Simmons will miss the team’s Friday night matchup with the Chicago Bulls due to an illness ( we don’t think COVID-19). This is the second straight game Simmons has missed.
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From nba.com: he Lakers’ short-term future in a competitive Western Conference is murkier than ever following Thursday’s loss to the Brooklyn Nets. The uncertainty came not from the game, but after it, when Los Angeles coach Frank Vogel disclosed that All-NBA big man Anthony Davis’ would miss at least another four weeks after his aggravated right Achilles’ tendon had been re-evaluated by team doctors. “He’s going to be out for four weeks,” Vogel said. “We want to try to put this fully behind him, be conservative with it just to make sure…
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Los Angeles F/C Anthony Davis left the team’s game against the Denver Nuggets after apparently re-aggravating his right Achilles’ tendon. Davis was making a move to the basked against Nikola Jokic when he came up lame and grabbed the back of his right heel. This is the same injury that caused AD to miss their game last Monday against the Oklahoma City Thunder. Davis will undergo an MRI on Monday.
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Saturday night Golden State v Brooklyn game marked only the seventh contest the Nets newly formed triumvirate of James Harden, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant shared the court together. It appears the eighth game with have to wait. That is because Kevin Durant will miss , at least, the team’s next two games with a strained hamstring, according to status report from the club. In his first season back since tearing his Achilles in the 2019. NBA Finals, Durant looks like he has hardly missed a beat, averaging 29.0 points,…
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From Dave McMenamin of ESPN: Lakers All-Star big man Anthony Davis is listed as questionable for Monday’s game against the Oklahoma City Thunder with tendonosis of his right Achilles tendon, the team announced. A league source told ESPN it is “very likely” Davis will miss the Thunder game as a precaution and that Davis, 27, has been managing the discomfort “for a while.” Davis underwent medical imaging on the injury, the source said, which assured the Achilles tendon is in good shape. However, the nine-year veteran has been experiencing tightness in his right leg, causing…
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According to the team’s injury report, Chicago Bulls forward Otto Porter is out for their Tuesday night game against the New York Knicks with back spasms. Porter has appeared in 16 of the Bulls 19 games and has averaged 11.6 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists.
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James Harden will not be on the floor when the Brooklyn Nets take on the Washington Wizards on Sunday. ESPN’s Malika Andrews reports that the Nets star will be out of action due to a thigh contusion. Since the Nets acquired Harden January 14, they have become the must talked about beam in and are ow seen by some the league as a real threat to dethrone the Los Angeles Lakers. The Beard, thus for, has fared just fine as a Net, averaging 24.5 points on a not-too-bad 46,3 percent…
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The Washington Wizards announced that guard Russell Westbrook will play Sunday evening against the San Antonio Spurs. Westbrook had missed the last week plus with a left quad injury. Westbrook has played in eight games for the Wiz, averaging 19.3 points, 9.7 rebounds and 11.3 assists.
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From Scott Polacek of B/R: The Chicago Bulls will be without forward Otto Porter Jr. for Sunday’s game against the L.A. Clippers. Darnell Mayberry of The Athletic reported the news, noting Porter is dealing with a back injury. Porter played six minutes in Friday’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers before exiting with the injury. The Georgetown product has appeared in 10 games this season and is averaging 12.8 points, 6.3 rebounds and 2.0 assists a night while shooting 43.8 percent from the field and 41.7 percent from three-point range. Injuries have been an issue for Porter of…
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