Pelicans star forward Brandon Ingram will be returning to the club on Tuesday after being sidelined with a right ankle sprain since January 20, the club’s PR team announced in a tweet. New Orleans will be playing the Pistons on Detroit’s home court, Little Caesars Arena.
Ingram first suffered the injury during the Pelicans’ 102-91 victory over the Knicks on January 20. Across 36 games for the 18-32 Pelicans, Ingram is averaging 22.4 PPG, 6.1 RPG, and 5.2 APG, with shooting splits of .443/.345/.818.
The 6’8″ sixth-year forward out of Duke, an All-Star in 2020 with New Orleans, is by far the team’s leader in average points, assists and field goal attempts, all by a significant margin.
The Pelicans have been riddled with injuries and coronavirus-related absences this season. Beyond missing Ingram for 14 games, the team has been without its other star forward, Zion Williamson, whose return timeline from an offseason foot surgery remains murky.
Uh oh…watch out other teams at the bottom of the Western Conference!
In all seriousness it’s such a bummer that Zion is out. Was fun to watch and think about what this team could be. Now it’s just NBA purgatory.
…voodoo, perhaps?