Banchero expects to miss at least a month with a high ankle sprain
Paolo Banchero suffered a low-grade high ankle sprain in Orlando's second game and expects to be out for at least a month. He had 35 points, 10 assists and seven rebounds in 34 minutes in the opener against Atlanta, and the absence should cost around 15 games.

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Paolo Banchero aguentou 26 minutos na segunda partida do Orlando antes de um companheiro cair sobre o tornozelo dele no primeiro quarto. O veredito foi uma entorse alta de baixo grau — normalmente questão de semanas.
O ala, porém, espera ficar fora por “pelo menos um mês”, disse ao Orlando Sentinel, e acha o momento especialmente duro diante de como se preparou para a temporada.
“Eu sentia que estava fazendo tudo certo para evitar isso. E aí acontece um tipo de acidente bizarro e (não havia) realmente como eu ter evitado”, disse. “Quer dizer, você não quer ficar se lamentando, então não estou fazendo isso. Estou só chateado.”
Agora com uma bota ortopédica, Banchero começou a reabilitação. “Eu diria pelo menos um mês. Sabe, quatro semanas”, disse. “Mas dependendo de como o tratamento e a reabilitação correrem, espero voltar mais rápido que isso. Mas não vou apressar. É a primeira vez que lido com uma entorse alta.”
No começo a lesão parecia ser Desmond Bane caindo sobre ele; o replay mostrou Jalen Suggs colidindo com ele na disputa por um rebote.
A temporada dele havia começado brilhantemente: 34 minutos contra o Atlanta produziram 35 pontos, 10 assistências e sete rebotes, embora o Hawks tenha vencido o jogo. Um mês fora significaria cerca de 15 jogos, deslocando o ataque para Franz Wagner e exigindo mais de Suggs e Bane.
Há uma boa notícia: Anthony Black, afastado por uma entorse no tornozelo direito nos dois primeiros jogos, deve fazer sua estreia na temporada no domingo. O técnico Sean Sweeney disse que a vaga de titular contra o Knicks “provavelmente penderia para Jase Richardson”.
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