And another injury for the Blazers: Joel Przybilla goes down with a Patella dislocation.
According to the details, Blazers lose another important player of their team to injuries. Joel Przybilla went down in the first quarter of the game when he got tangled up while battling for a rebound. He landed on the ground in an awkward way and suffered with severe pain in knee. Joel Przybilla was examined by paramedical staff and moment after he was taken off from the court. The team confirmed that Przybilla suffered with a ruptured patella tendon and that his right patella has dislocated. This devastating diagnosis was announced after halftime by Portland’s broadcaster Mike Barret. Joel Przybilla has been sidelined from the team for an indefinite period of time, sadly (as we know it is just a polite way to say that he might not be able to appear in the game for the year). Poor Blazers. This was the second terrible injury for them. Earlier, Greg Oden fractured his left knee and was sidelined for this season.
Joel Przybilla’s injury is truly catastrophic for the Blazers who are already short with good players. Joel Przybilla is an important player for the team and his absence could be destructive for the team in future game. Commenting on Joel’s injury, teammate LaMarcus Aldridge said, ‘We lost Joel, which was a blow for us. We all stopped and were like, please tell me this isn’t real’.
Talking about Joel Przybilla’s injury, Dr. William Carroll, author of The Carroll Guide to Sports Injuries, said that his injury is more severe than Oden’s, who fractured his knee. Dr. Carroll said that fractures heal faster. He also said that based on his injury he cannot imagine Joel Przybilla returning this season.
Przybilla has played six consecutive games with two-digit rebounds and is a starting center player. Joel Przybilla was replaced by Juwan Howard to play for the rest of the game.
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