Considering how hard this fall was the Trail Blazers are lucky the injury wasn’t worse. At least nothing is broken.
However, LaMarcus Aldridge will be out at least two games, the team announced Thursday.
MRI confirms a low back contusion for Portland F LaMarcus Aldridge. He's expected to miss the next 2 games & will be reevaluated next week.
— Trail Blazers PR (@TrailBlazersPR) March 13, 2014
Those first two games are at New Orleans on Friday then hosting Golden State on Sunday.
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In addition, there is this:
MRI confirms Portland G Mo Williams has a right hip strain. Williams is expected to be sidelined for two weeks and then be reevaluated.
— Trail Blazers PR (@TrailBlazersPR) March 13, 2014
Portland has lost four in a row and are 7-9 in their last 16, which has knocked them out of the top four in the West (no home court in the first round). Portland’s offense has slipped in the last month and being without Aldridge and Williams is not going to help matters at all.
