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Post subject: What We Learned: Blazers-Lakers
 Posted: Oct 29, 2008 - 09:37 PM PST
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What we learned from the Lakers' 96-76 victory over Blazers at the Staples Center on opening night.
1. Greg Oden is officially "injury prone." Portland's prized big man had the worst possible debut he (or the Blazers) could have imagined. Forget about his dreadful final stat line: zero points on four shots, two turnovers and two fouls in 13 minutes. The Blazers would have been fine with that if Oden, who missed all of last season after having microfracture surgery on his right knee, didn't suffer a mid-foot sprain in the first quarter after coming down for a rebound against Andrew Bynum. Oden played through the injury throughout the first half, but never came out of the locker room after halftime. X-rays on his foot were inconclusive and Oden will undergo an MRI on Wednesday morning. While the severity of the injury won't be known until then, it's certainly an ominous sign for a player who has spent more time on the bench than on the court since being the No. 1 pick in last year's draft.
After the game, Oden used a pair of crutches to limp out of the locker room and into a cart that drove him to the team bus. "I wanted to play in the second half, I got taped up, but it just wasn't happening," he said. "It sucks, but I have to keep on working. Hopefully this is just a little setback, but I have no idea when I'm going to be back."
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/w ... ref=sircrc |
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