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San Antonio Spurs' Tim Duncan is helped off the court by Tony Massenburg, left, and Sean Marks, right, after turning his right ankle against the Detroit Pistons in the first quarter in Auburn Hills, Mich., Sunday, March 20, 2005. Duncan was helped to the locker room without putting weight on his right foot. Duncan missed two games earlier this month with a sprained right ankle. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) |
SAN ANTONIO --
Tim Duncan is expected to be out two to four weeks because of a sprained right ankle and could miss most of the rest of the regular season.
The San Antonio Spurs said Monday they placed the two-time MVP on the injured list following an MRI exam.
He flew home to San Antonio on Sunday to begin treatment while the rest of the team went to New York for Monday night's game against the Knicks.
The Spurs activated forward-center Sean Marks from the injured list to take Duncan's roster slot.
Duncan - the Spurs' leading scorer, rebounder and shot blocker - crumpled to the floor in the opening minutes of a 110-101 loss to Detroit on Sunday after scoring inside and coming down on Rasheed Wallace's foot. After the landing, Duncan's ankle turned in a gruesome fashion.
The 7-footer missed two games earlier this month with a sprained right ankle.
San Antonio (50-16), the Western Conference leader, has 16 more games over the next 30 days before the playoffs start.
The Spurs clinched a playoff spot last week and are contending with Miami and Phoenix for home-court advantage throughout the postseason.
Duncan entered Sunday's game averaging 21.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and nearly three blocks in 62 games. Marks, a 7-foot New Zealander, has averaged three points and one rebound in seven games this season.
어제 경기에서 발목부상을 당했던 팀 던컨이 부상자 명단에 올랐습니다.
2주에서 4주정도 결장이군요..
던컨대신 션 막스가 로스터에 합류했습니다.
첫댓글 간만에 올라온 스퍼스 소식인데 부상소식이라니....그것도 던컨의 부상...흠...
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거의 완벽하게 돌아간 정도던데요...새 농구화가 발목지지가 별로인가요??
과연 플옵은 다가오는데 어찌될지..
오늘도 던컨의 공백때문인지 뉴욕에게 졌고.. 원정이긴 했지만.. 던컨이 빨리 돌아와야겠네요..
농구화의 발목지지를 따질순 없다고 봐지네요. 보니까 쉬드 발을 밟고 중심을 잃으며 약간 체중이 실린 상태로 발목이 돌아간거같았거든요. 어쩔수 없는 상황이었죠..
2번 시드야 지키겠지만 서부 1위 자리는 피닉스에게 넘어갈 확률이 크군요. 그렇게 되면 내쉬의 mvp확률도.... (어부지리나 생각하고 있다니 이런 사악한 팬이 있나)
플옵에는 지장 없었으면 좋겠네... 스퍼스 팬은 아니지만 최상전력으로 피닉스와 함 붙는거 봤음 좋겠다는...