Raptors rookie Scottie Barnes will undergo an MRI on Sunday after injuring his left ankle in Saturday’s playoff game against the Sixers, tweets Josh Lewenberg of TSN Sports. X-rays on the ankle were negative, according to Lewenberg.
Barnes was injured early in the fourth quarter when Joel Embiid accidentally stepped on his foot on a drive to the basket, writes Tim Bontemps of ESPN. Barnes collapsed to the court while grabbing his foot and remained down for several minutes. He had to be helped to the locker room and was unable to put much weight on the foot. The Raptors officially declared him out of the game a few minutes later.
Barnes was outstanding in his first career playoff game, posting 15 points, 10 rebounds and eight assists in 31 minutes. Toronto, which lost by 20 points, will likely need Barnes to make the series competitive.
The series will resume Monday in Philadelphia and will shift to Toronto on Wednesday, so Barnes won’t have much time to recover. The first two-day break comes before Game 4, which is next Saturday in Toronto.
290 lbs of jojo on a twisting ankle can do some serious damage. Sadly for Toronto getting swept in 4 won’t require scotty’s return.
Overreacting to one game much? Still expect this to be a long series.
Philly in 5.
Giving Toronto 1 game (game 4) due to Scottie possibly coming back and us being without Thybulle plus Nick Nurse being a really good coach.
But we will take game 3 and then come back home and take game 5
You’re going to make a killing on betting, knowing so many specifics of what is going to happen. How many millions of dollars are you putting on these insightful prognostications?
Your so funny bro. Taking the piss out of someone for a simple prediction.
You should be a comedian
Saying they’ll will game 3 is a reach,let’s just see how game two goes first Nostradamus
Thybulle isn’t significant enough a loss that they cant win without him. in fact, i feel like he’s kinda been a disappointment this season.
Real shame for the kid!
As usual, Toronto is not favoring their best center… or even their second-best!