by Star of Knicks Jalen Brunson underwent an injury – apparently at his right ankle – with just over a minute in the defeat in extension of New York against Los Angeles Los Angeles on Thursday evening.
The initial x -ray of the goalkeeper’s ankle returned negative with the image that did not show broken bone, SNY sources said on Friday, the initiate of the NBA, Ian Beggley.
However, the severity of the stars wound is still not publicly known for the moment.
Chris Haynes reported in the early hours of Friday morning that there was “optimism” that Brunson had only one ankle sprain.
The injury occurred with just over a minute to have overtime when he went to the basket before being dirty and his foot landed on the Guard Lakers Austin Reaves“The foot rolling Burnson’s right ankle.
The leader immediately grabbed the lower leg in obvious pain and remained a little on the ground before being helped to get up.
Brunson stayed to pour two free throws to equalize the game, before walking slowly and carefully in the locker room. He did not return.
“It is a disappointment of injury. We expect it to be a little absent ”, Josh Hart said after the match.
The time of Brunson’s injury is particularly unfortunate, the Knicks about to play the second match of an exhausting swing on the west coast of five games.
With 20 games to do in the regular season, New York is 40-22 and in third place in the Eastern Conference. They were 3.5 games ahead of the Bucks for the seeded n ° 4 and 4.5 games behind the Celtics for the seeded n ° 2.
Brunson has played all games except two this season, with an average of 26.1 points and a better career of 7.4 assists per game while making an average of 35.4 minutes per game.
