A <a href="https://www.archysport.com/2022/01/more-than-7-players-have-been-seriously-injured-at-the-nfls-washington-stadium/” title=”More than 7 players have been seriously injured at the NFL's Washington Stadium”>knee injury that almost forced him to retire caused him to be out for 1,006 days. Lonzo Ball He was injured in January 2022 and did not play a game again (preseason in this case) until October 17, 2024. And after three official regular league games with the Bulls, will have to stop again.
But without alarmism. Nothing to do with what he had then, a serious knee injurywith what now separates him from the activity, a grade 1 to 2 sprain of the wrist. The downtimes that are being handled are estimated to be just over 10 days: “If I continued playing, I would risk worsening to grade 3 and having to have surgery. The objective, of course, is to avoid it,” explained the point guard of the Chicago Bulls.
Lonzo was injured in a random action trying to intercept a long pass from Jake LaRaviathe base Bulls He lost his balance and fell on his back, leaning bad with his doll. The play occurred in the first quarter of the game that the Bulls beat the Grizzlies.
After the fall, Lonzo He continued playing, although uncomfortable with his doll. He bandaged it and ended it six points and six assists in 18 minutes. And many gestures of pain. Tests carried out last Tuesday revealed the injury.
“I felt like I had something, but the adrenaline was doing its job.“said Lonzo. “I wanted to win the game and it wasn’t really something that prevented me from playing. It hurt, but I thought that bandaging it would be fine to continue in the game.“.
Before the Grizzlies It was the third game of Lonzo in the regular league since his return. In those crashes, average, 4.7 points, 3.7 assists and 2.7 rebounds in 15.7 minutes of action. Precisely the team’s plan was to dose the minutes of play, Avoiding games on consecutive nights and decreasing your workload in training. That, thinking about his knee, although this time they have nothing to do with it. It is a setback, although not a very long one: “It’s inopportune and unfortunate, but it has happened“, lamented the player. “But I hope to be ready as soon as possible and get back to work.”
