Welcome to Tuesday Night's Horrifying Sports Injury Report; we're going live to Dallas, where Portland Trail Blazers center Joel Przybilla has completely destroyed his knee.
Joel Przybilla Becomes The Latest Portland Trail Blazer To Suffer Horrifying Knee Injury
Yes, it’s yet another injury for the Blazers.
Joel Przybilla of the Portland Trail Blazers sustained a ruptured right patella tendon and dislocated patella in the first quarter of Tuesday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks.
Przybilla, who got the start, went up for a rebound and came down awkwardly on his right leg with 3:12 left in the opening quarter, falling to the ground in pain.
Portland started the night with just 11 healthy players. Przybilla has been ruled out indefinitely.
Przybilla joins a long list of Blazers who have suffered injuries this season: Patty Mills (foot), Jeff Pendergraph (hip), Nicolas Batum (shoulder), Travis Outlaw (foot), Rudy Fernandez (back) and Greg Oden (knee). Blazers coaches Nate McMillan and Maurice Lucas have also missed time this season. Blazers Owner Paul Allen was recently diagnosed with Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.
And the latest, from Blazersedge: “Przybilla’s injury is ‘more significant’ and ‘more serious’ than Greg Oden’s season-ending knee injury.” He is likely done for the season.
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