By: EFE
Damian Lillard, the star of the Portland Trail Blazers, has undergone an abdominal injury and will miss at least the next six weeks of competition in the NBA.
The Blazers detailed this Thursday that, after this passage through the operating room of Lillard, he The team doctors will assess the player’s situation within six weeks.
This is a pain in the abdominal area that the player had dragged on for the last four seasons until now he has decided to put an end to it.
“There is no point in continuing to do this the way he was doing it, “he said in a statement to the Blazers website.
” It’s like taking a step back to take several steps forward. It’s what had to happen ”, added.
These problems in the abs had affected his production on the court since Lillard has this year his worst statistics since the season 2014-2015.
In the 29 games he played before surgery, Lillard l ogró 24 points (39, 2% in field goals, 32, 4% in triples), 4.1 rebounds and 7.3 assists on average per game.
As a comparison , In the season 2020-2021 got 28, 8 points (45, 1% in field shots, 39, 1% in triples), 4.2 rebounds and 7.5 assists on average per game.
To compensate for the loss of Lillard , it is but CJ McCollum, who has not played due to injury since December 4, will return to the court in the next few days with the Blazers.
At the beginning of the day on Thursday, Portland’s were tenth in the Western Conference with a balance of 16 wins and 24 losses.
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