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Portland Trail Blazersguard Damian Lillard will be sidelined for a “brief period” after suffering a right calf strain in yesterday’s game against theUtah Jazz,according to NBA reporter Chris Haynes.
The strain, revealed in an MRI, is in a different area than his previous right calf strain from earlier this season.
Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard underwent an MRI and it revealed a right calf strain in a different area from his previous injury that will sideline him for a brief period, league sources tell@NBAonTNT,@BleacherReport.
— Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes)November 20, 2022
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Lillard’s first calf strain occurred on Oct. 26 against theMiami Heat. He missed the next four games due to the injury. Then after returning for two games, he missed an additional game against theNew Orleans Pelicanson Nov. 10 for injury management.
After the game last night,Sean Highkin relayed that Lillard told reportshe didn’t think the injury was as serious as the prior calf strain.
Damian Lillard says this calf injury isn’t as bad as the first one. Seemed to think he’ll miss a couple games on the road trip but doesn’t expect it to be an extended thing. Had an MRI tonight but no results yet.
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