Hawk wings clipped
God had my back with this one. Be back soon.
LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Trae Young’s ankle injury is not as bad as first feared, but the Atlanta Hawks star will be out of the lineup for at least two games, the National Basketball Association
(NBA) team announced on Thursday.
“God had my back with this one. Be back soon,” Young posted on Twitter.
He has been ruled out of Friday’s game against the Miami Heat and for Sunday’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks after an MRI scan on Thursday revealed a left ankle sprain.
He is expected to return to the Hawks once the discomfort and swelling subsides.
Young sustained the injury after landing on the foot of New York Knicks center Norvel Pelle during the third quarter of the Hawks’ 137-127 overtime loss on Wednesday at Madison Square Garden.
Young, who finished with 20 points and 14 assists, pounded the floor with his fist before being helped off the court by his teammates.
He didn’t return to the game. The Hawks came into Thursday’s NBA games at the number five seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs.
Meanwhile, Israel’s Deni Avdija suffered a hairline fracture in his lower right leg which will sideline the Washington Wizards player for 12 weeks, the team announced on Thursday. Avdija needed a wheelchair to leave the basketball court after being injured in the Wizards’ Wednesday win over the Golden State Warriors.
The 20-year-old was diagnosed with a fibular hairline fracture following an MRI test. No surgery will be needed.
Avdija was the Wizards’ first-round pick — ninth overall — in the 2020 entry draft. He started 32 of the 54 games he played this season, averaging 6.3 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists.