US EditionClippers’ Ivica Zubac Out at Least 3 Weeks with Ankle Sprain
Ivica Zubac, averaging 15.6 points and 11.1 rebounds, will miss at least three weeks due to a Grade 2 left-ankle sprain sustained during a Clippers game.
- Ivica Zubac, Clippers starting center, is expected to miss three weeks with a Grade 2 left-ankle sprain suffered late in the first quarter of Saturday's 103-88 win at the Intuit Dome.
- During a first-quarter play on Saturday, a shot struck LeBron James's foot and Clippers medical staff diagnosed Ivica Zubac with a grade two ankle sprain after he limped to the locker room.
- This season, Ivica Zubac, Clippers starting center, leads Clippers starters with a 60.9 field-goal percentage and had five points, two rebounds Saturday before his injury; Jaxson Hayes called him `Zu is a dog, man`.
- With Zubac out, rotation changes loom for the Los Angeles Clippers as Kobe Brown could see an expanded bench role before facing the Houston Rockets amid a 7-21 stretch.
- Ahead of the Feb. 5 trade deadline, Ivica Zubac’s name has surfaced in trade talks as rival front offices consider his first season of a three-year extension while he rehabs.
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Clippers’ Ivica Zubac Out at Least 3 Weeks With Ankle Injury
The Los Angeles Clippers will move forward without their starting center for the near future. Ivica Zubac will miss several weeks with a left ankle sprain, according to ESPN’s Shams Charania, Yahoo reports.Charania reported that Zubac suffered a Grade 2 ankle sprain. The team has not offered a firm return date, but the diagnosis points to a multi-week absence.Zubac suffered the injury late in the first quarter of Saturday’s 103–88 win over the L…
Sources: Clippers' Zubac has Grade 2 ankle sprain
Los Angeles Clippers center Ivica Zubac will sit out several weeks because of a Grade 2 left ankle sprain, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania on Sunday, a day after the veteran exited in the first half of a 103-88 win over the rival Los Angeles Lakers.
Renowned for its strength, Ivica Zubac injured his ankle against the Lakers and he will not be seen again until mid-January.
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