Pistons center Isaiah Stewart will be sidelined for 10-to-14 days with an ankle sprain, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski (Twitter link). Detroit later confirmed the news via a press release.
Stewart missed Detroit’s Wednesday matchup against the Cavaliers after suffering the injury in the Sunday victory over the Thunder. The 6’8″ big man previously missed eight games in a row with a lingering toe injury. In total, he’s been unavailable for 12 games this year and will miss more with this ankle injury.
The fourth-year center is averaging 11.0 points and 6.8 rebounds per night while shooting 47.0% from the floor and 37.4% from beyond the arc. He has started every game but one for the Pistons this season.
We have more injury notes from around the league:
- Stewart isn’t the only member of the Pistons dealing with an injury, as forward/center Mike Muscala exited the game against the Cavs in the first quarter. According to a release from the team, Muscala suffered a concussion and is beginning a mandated return-to-participation process that must be completed before returning to basketball activities, per the league’s concussion policy. There is no timetable for his return, according to the release.
- Lakers stars LeBron James and Anthony Davis weren’t available for Thursday’s victory over the Celtics, according to The Orange County Register’s Khobi Price. James was listed as out with left ankle peroneal tendinopathy while Davis continues to be affected by bilateral Achilles tendinopathy and left hip spasms. “Those guys [are] dealing with two active injuries that we have been pretty much managing all year that got inflamed a little bit,” coach Darvin Ham said pregame. “Wanted to let them go through shootaround, see how it was, determined ultimately that they will be out for the night.“
- Pelicans forwards Zion Williamson (left foot bone contusion) and Herbert Jones (right adductor soreness) missed New Orleans’ Wednesday matchup against the Rockets (Twitter link). Williamson and Jones went through parts of practice on Thursday but both players, alongside Larry Nance Jr., are considered questionable to play on Friday in San Antonio, per NOLA.com’s Christian Clark (Twitter links).
- After missing Wednesday’s contest against Oklahoma City, Nuggets star Nikola Jokic is questionable for Friday’s outing versus Portland with low back pain, according to The Denver Gazette’s Vinny Benedetto (Twitter link). The injury is not expected to be a long-term issue.
Lbj and ad with lingering getting chronic ailments not a good sign… tendinopathy is hard to treat… they’ve been playing in pain for a while now then.
It’s nuts that the Celtics couldn’t get a win over the Lakers with James and Davis out.
8 fouls on L.A. all night. And with both stars sidelined. 7 trips to the line for Boston. This thing was in the bag beforehand. More staged NBA basketball.
Lakers outplayed the Celtics all game,stop crying bad loss period and the Lakers looked good doing it. Go Lakers!
Also, the Celtics took fully half of their shots from outside. Of course they’re going to get fewer calls. The Lakers, on the other hand, took almost 2/3’s of their shots in traffic. Of course they’re going to get *more* calls. If you don’t understand that, you’re just whining. Same reasons the Wariors get less calls than their opponents while the Lakers get more.
I’m not going to pretend that bias doesn’t play a part in certain matchups. But this game was straight-up from a difference in playstyles. The refs swallowed their whistles plenty for the C’s, namely when Russel got shoved to the ground mid-play in a blatant flagrant 1 and nothing was called. C’mon. Did you actually watch the game?
That tends to be what happens when they don’t take guys seriously on defense. Payton Pritchard of all people was the most active defender on the Celtics all night, followed by Queta. Porzingis is a great rim protector, but their terrible perimeter defensive effort killed them. Brown in particular looked like he was half-asleep.
The Lakers shot 19/36 on 3s. That was the difference in the game.