Orlando Magic second-year guard Jalen Suggs could not play in Friday’s highway sport in opposition to the Utah Jazz.
Suggs was listed as questionable on Thursday’s damage report due to proper ankle soreness — the identical damage designation that saved him sidelined for 19 video games from Nov. 27-Jan. 4.
He’s performed within the final 4 video games, averaging 6.8 factors and a pair of.5 rebounds in 14.2 minutes.
Suggs performed 5 minutes in his return throughout the Jan. 5 residence loss to the Memphis Grizzlies; 16 minutes in final Saturday’s highway win over the Golden State Warriors; 24 minutes in Monday’s highway loss to the Sacramento Kings and 11 minutes in Tuesday’s win in opposition to the Portland Trail Blazers.
He’s handled proper ankle points since final 12 months.
Suggs, the No. 5 decide within the 2021 draft, sat 5 video games (Oct. 22-30) due to a sprained proper ankle. He performed in November’s first 12 video games earlier than sitting with ankle soreness.
He had numerous proper ankle illnesses that sidelined him for 13 of the ultimate 18 video games final season.
Suggs had surgical procedure to handle a stress fracture early within the offseason, limiting how a lot he may take part in basketball actions.
“We did the surgery to take care of all the problems, it just kind of ended up coming back,” Suggs mentioned final week earlier than making his return. “So making sure the issues are put to rest and it’s not something we have to worry about anymore before it becomes a bigger issue.”
R.J. Hampton (G League task), Kevon Harris (transferred to G League as a part of his two-way contract), Jonathan Isaac (G League task) and Chuma Okeke (left knee surgical procedure) received’t be out there.
Isaac performed in his first official basketball sport in 892 days on Wednesday.
He performed for the group’s G League affiliate, the Lakeland Magic, in Wednesday’s 129-117 win over the Westchester Knicks at RP Funding Center in his first sport since Aug. 2, 2020 — when he tore the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Isaac had 15 factors (6-of-12 capturing), 5 rebounds, 1 help and 1 block in quarter-hour.
He’ll play with Lakeland once more on Saturday whereas his NBA workforce is on a five-game highway journey that ends Sunday in Denver.
Lakeland hosts the Greensboro Swarm on Friday and Saturday.
When Isaac performs for Orlando once more has but to be decided. But enjoying for Lakeland is an encouraging signal that he’ll be suiting up for Orlando within the close to future.
“I’m sure if I play again [with Lakeland], it’ll be for more minutes,” he mentioned Wednesday earlier than it was . “Just continue to kind of push it and see where we go from there.”
This article first appeared on OrlandoSentinel.com. Email Khobi Price at [email protected] or observe him on Twitter at @khobi_price.
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