In the penultimate game of the season, against the San Antonio Spurs, Andrew Bynum stepped on DeJuan Blair's foot and a right knee hyperextension, the same one that underwent surgery last summer.
Bynum was led to the locker room and the Lakers They confirmed that she would not return to the game and would also be out for the last game of the regular season in Sacramento. At the end of the match, the player told reporters that he does not believe it is a major injury but that we will have to wait for the test results.
An MRI at 20:00 p.m. on Wednesday (Spain) will determine the final degree of the injury to the starting center of the Lakers. Both the Lakers Like their rivals, they will be waiting for the result due to the importance of Bynum in the game of the current NBA champion.
Bynum missed the first 24 games of the season but since the All-Star game he was averaging 11,5 points, 12,7 rebounds and 2,4 blocks on 60,5% shooting from the field.
This is the video of the moment when Andrew Bynum is injured:
This injury is one more for the decimated Lakers. Yesterday it was confirmed that Steve Blake will be out indefinitely due to chickenpox and that Matt Barnes He will miss at least the last two games of the season due to knee problems.
UPGRADE The MRI has revealed that Andrew Bynum simply has a bone bruise and is expected to be able to play this weekend for the start of the Playoffs.