Morant out at least four weeks with Grade 2 hamstring strain
Imaging confirmed a Grade 2 strain of Ja Morant’s left hamstring, with the guard to be reevaluated in four weeks after getting hurt on Thursday in his first game against Memphis. He had averaged 16.3 points and 6.3 assists in 27.0 minutes across Portland’s first three games.
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O início rápido de Ja Morant no Portland está em suspenso. O Trail Blazers anunciou que os exames confirmaram uma lesão de grau 2 no tendão da coxa esquerda e que ele será reavaliado em quatro semanas.
A lesão ocorreu na quinta-feira, em seu primeiro jogo contra o Memphis, time que o negociou em junho. Uma reavaliação em quatro semanas aponta para quase todo o mês de novembro fora de ação.
Morant havia disputado apenas 79 partidas nas últimas três temporadas com o Memphis Grizzlies, em grande parte por lesões, e chegou ao Portland saudável. Ele parecia perto do seu melhor nos três primeiros jogos, todos vitórias, com médias de 16,3 pontos e 6,3 assistências em 27,0 minutos e aproveitamento de .588/.444/.833.
O revés atinge um time que está 3-1 e que também não conta com outro armador, Shaedon Sharpe, com o menisco rompido.
O Portland ainda tem profundidade no perímetro: Jrue Holiday parece provável como titular ao lado de Damian Lillard, Scoot Henderson mantém um papel importante saindo do banco, e Vit Krejci pode ganhar minutos mais regulares.
Quatro semanas é um ponto de reavaliação, não uma data de retorno. Jeff Stotts, do In Street Clothes, observa que desde 2005 o tempo médio perdido por uma lesão de grau 2 no tendão da coxa na NBA tem sido de 34,7 dias — o que significaria cerca de 18 jogos e um retorno no início de dezembro.
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