Los Angeles Lakers veteran Nick Young’s bounceback season suffered a potentially serious setback early in Tuesday night’s game at the New Orleans Pelicans. Not even two minutes into the contest, Young went up to challenge a lay-up from guard Tim Frazier and came down clutching his right leg. Young was carried off the court by teammates and staff.
The Lakers revealed soon after that Young had been ruled out for the game with an Achilles injury:
Nick Young has a right Achilles' tendon strain. He’s out for tonight’s game and will undergo an MRI tomorrow in Chicago.— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) November 30, 2016
Take a look at the play and its aftermath here:
Lakers’ Nick Young goes down with non-contact injury pic.twitter.com/bPVcRG9bjL— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) November 30, 2016
The injury could be a serious one for the 31-year-old Young. Non-contact injuries are always frightening, especially when they affect the Achilles and require a player to be helped to the locker room by several others. Wednesday’s MRI results will determine the severity of the injury, but fans should be prepared for the worst. This play did not look good by any means.
The Lakers would miss Young considerably should he be forced to miss a lengthy period of time. The West’s biggest surprise entered Tuesday night at 9-9 and No. 8 in the conference, well ahead of every preseason prediction. The man known as “Swaggy P” has played a big role in that fine start, excelling as a funhouse-mirror version of a dependable role player under first-year head coach Luke Walton. Young started the day averaging 14.1 ppg on 41.8 percent shooting from beyond the arc and has often guarded the opponent’s best perimeter scorer in crunch time.
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