Mitchell Robinson has a stress damage to his left ankle, turning into the third key frontcourt participant the New York Knicks have misplaced of their playoff run.
The Knicks mentioned Tuesday that Robinson can be evaluated once more in six-to-eight weeks, primarily ruling him out regardless of how far they go within the postseason.
Robinson was the Knicks’ beginning middle for the primary 21 video games of the season earlier than needing ankle surgical procedure and lacking 49 video games. He returned late within the season to again up Isaiah Hartenstein and performed in 10 of the ultimate 11 video games, serving to the Knicks earn the No. 2 seed within the Jap Convention.
Robinson had an enormous function defending Joel Embiid within the first-round victory over Philadelphia, however was injured throughout the sequence and missed Recreation 4.
The 7-footer performed simply 12 minutes Monday within the Knicks’ Recreation 1 victory over Indiana, ending with two factors and two rebounds.
The Knicks have already misplaced All-Star ahead Julius Randle and key reserve Bojan Bogdanovic to season-ending accidents. They have been going with only a seven-man rotation on the finish of the earlier sequence and performed eight Monday, with their reserves outscored 46-3 by Indiana’s.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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