New Orleans Pelicans guard Tyreke Evans headed to the locker room in the second quarter against the Warriors on Saturday afternoon with a left knee bruise and he did not return. After the game, Evans said he “felt a little pop” in the knee, according to Marc Stein of ESPN and Evans will undergo a MRI on Saturday.
Tyreke Evans injury: Pelicans guard suffers knee injury, will undergo MRI
Evans is set for a MRI after saying he felt a pop in his knee.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
Tyreke told @ESPNSteinLine "I never felt nothing like that before." About his sharp knee pain. Doesn't sound good.
— Scott Kushner (@ScottDKushner) April 18, 2015 Evans is a critical cog for the Pelicans. He ended the season as the team’s second leading scorer (16.6 points per game), rebounder (5.3 per game) and assist man (6.6 per game). The 25-year-old also handles much of New Orleans’ ball handling duties when point guard Jrue Holiday isn’t the game.
Evans had only one point in 12 minutes before exiting. The Pelicans trail by 18 at the half thanks to a strong performance from Steph Curry. Curry finished the half with 19 points despite shooting 1-of-6 from three-point range.
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