Marc Gasol injury: Grizzlies’ C out indefinitely with MCL sprain

It’s been nearly two months since Gasol went down, and the Grizzlies have gone 10-13 since losing their starting center. With Gasol, first-year coach Dave Joerger’s squad started the season with a 7-6 record.

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Gasol, the 2013 Defensive Player of the Year, was averaging 16 points, 7.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists per game for coach Dave Joerger’s squad before the knee sprain.

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Gasol will be on crutches for three to four weeks, per Bailey, so it will be a little while before he can get up to speed for a return to the court. It sounds like the Grizzlies will have to protect him from himself.

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Marc Gasol is out indefinitely after suffering a Grade 2 MCL sprain on Friday as the Memphis Grizzlies lost to the San Antonio Spurs at home, according to Sam Amick of USA Today. Gasol will not need surgery. He appeared to suffer the injury while attempting to defend the Spurs’ Aron Baynes in the post in the second quarter.

Gasol, 28, hasn’t missed appreciable time due to injury since 2009-10. In his NBA career through last season he played in 377 of 394 possible games, a 96 percent rate.

UPDATE (11:17 p.m. ET): Gasol left with a knee sprain and did not return to the game. He is scheduled for an MRI on Saturday, according to the Commercial Appeal’s Ronald Tillery.

The injury appeared to occur early in the second quarter when Gasol came up limping on the defensive end. He was not contacted on the play. He then left the game for further evaluation.