Should be back before playoffs for sure. Hopefully a few games before.
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Should be back before playoffs for sure. Hopefully a few games before.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...me-spurs-trip/Quote:
Duncan will miss upcoming three-game Spurs trip
Tim Griffin
...“He had an MRI this morning that confirmed what the X-rays showed last night. It’s structurally looks good,” Buford said. “We will have a better idea of what the timeline is over the next 48 hours. But he won’t travel on the trip and he’ll be receiving daily treatment here.”
Looks like they have the results, but it will be a couple of days before a definitive prognosis can be made. Wait for swelling to go down, determine when rehab can start, etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by iminol
1 to 2 so somewhere between some stretching and a slight tear. not bad. maybe 2 weeks or a little less at best.
How the Spurs have fared with Duncan in and out of lineup
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...out-of-lineup/Quote:
Season W/Duncan (RS) No Duncan (RS) W/Duncan (P) No Duncan (P)
1997-98 56-26 .683 0-0 .000 4-5 .444 0-0 .000
1998-99 37-13 .740 0-0 .000 15-2 .882 0-0 .000
1999-00 48-26 .649 5-3 .625 0-0 .000 1-3 .250
2000-01 58-24 .707 0-0 .000 7-6 .538 0-0 .000
2001-02 58-24 .707 0-0 .000 4-5 .444 0-1 .000
2002-03 60-21 .741 0-1 .000 16-8 .667 0-0 .000
2003-04 51-18 .739 6-7 .462 6-4 .600 0-0 .000
2004-05 50-16 .758 9-7 .563 16-7 .696 0-0 .000
2005-06 61-19 .763 2-0 1.000 7-6 .538 0-0 .000
2006-07 58-22 .725 0-2 .000 16-4 .800 0-0 .000
2007-08 54-24 .692 2-2 .500 9-8 .529 0-0 .000
2008-09 49-26 .653 5-2 .714 1-4 .200 0-0 .000
2009-10 47-31 .603 3-1 .750 4-6 .400 0-0 .000
2010-11 56-13 .812 1-0 1.000
TOTALS 743-303 .710 33-25 .569 105-63 .625 1-4 .200
Note: RS indicates regular-season games, P indicates playoff games.
Timmy update:
http://twitter.com/#!/M_Monroe_in_SA
Quote:
Duncan had MRI on left ankle Tuesday morning; prognosis for return expected in 48 to 72 hours says Buford
Just got a message saying he was on crutches with no timetable for is return
Per Spurs Facebook:
http://www.nba.com/spurs/news/tim_du...rt_110322.html
Quote:
Spurs forward Tim Duncan had an MRI today which confirmed that he has a sprained left ankle. He will not accompany the team on its upcoming three-game road-trip (Denver, Portland and Memphis). Instead he'll remain in San Antonio for treatment and rehabilitation. A timeline for his return has not yet been determined
Tim needs to go see Tony's rehab guy.
http://blog.mysanantonio.com/spursna...me-spurs-trip/
Quote:
Spurs general manager R.C. Buford said that Duncan’s injury is between a grade 1 and 2 ankle sprain.
“He had an MRI this morning that confirmed what the X-rays showed last night. It’s structurally looks good,” Buford said.
tony was scheduled to miss 4 weeks right?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mel_13
Quote:
Originally Posted by ace3g
"Overall, including all regular-season and playoff games, the Spurs are 848-366 with Duncan in the lineup for a winning percentage of .699. Without him, their record is 34-29 for a winning percentage of .540."
Well, that's not terrible. Sure, we'll drop a few more games without him to help us out on defense. But it's not the end of the world. Barring an extremely unlikely collapse, I still don't see us relinquishing HCA
Well, it isn't official or anything, but if it's actually between a grade 1 and grade 2, then that shouldn't be a problem at all..hopefully that's legit..he should still have a few games to shake some rust off, before the playoffs..
Duncan has to be around a 100% for the Spurs to have a shot, obviously..no 80% bullshit..everybody knows Tim steps his game up a few levels for the playoffs, so hopefully he's physically able to do it this time around(this isn't 2006 anymore, where he could be the best player in the NBA, despite the plantar)..
ESPN's crawler just reported that Duncan's status won't be determined for 2-3 days. RC Buford says Timmy's ankle looks good structurally. I'm sure someone will have better information soon if this isn't already old. Just trying to help. :)
Granted, it was 6 years ago, but the March 20, 2005 ankle injury Timmy sustained in Detroit was a Grade 2 sprain. He was out from March 21, 2005 through April 13, 2005. He missed 12 games and the Spurs went 8-4 during that span.
If the diagnosis of a sprain that is between Grade 1 and Grade 2 holds, this would be less severe injury than that one.
Of course, the end game here is different than it was in 2005; HCA was relatively insignificant to those Spurs -- particularly in the Western Conference. Additionally, Tim's ankle was vulnerable through the 2005 playoffs, despite a month of rehab.
Great news.
Duncan should have fully recovered for the playoffs. Spurs have a big enough lead and are a good enough team to keep the 1st seed.
Well, he's 6 years older so it takes longer to rehab. If Spurs can hold on to HCA, maybe he should just rest it until the playoffs start. He could probably get away with resting until playoffs start and easing into the 1st round if the opponent is PHX or HOU - not MEM.Quote:
Originally Posted by FromWayDowntown
For whatever it's worth, the Spurs have already clinched a top-4 seed.
To clinch a top 3 seed they need to do away with the possibility that OKC can catch them. To do that, the Spurs' magic number is 1, since they hold the tiebreaker over the Thunder.
To clinch a top 2 seed, they need to eliminate any chance that the Mavericks can catch them. To do that, the Spurs' magic number is 4, again because they hold the tiebreaker.
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.c...han-two-weeks/Quote:
MRI shows Duncan may be out more than two weeks
Kurt Helin
An MRI on Tim Duncan’s ankle showed “between a grade one and grade two sprain” Spurs GM R.C. Buford said, reports Mike Monroe on twitter.
A grade one sprain would mean about the two-week recovery Duncan himself said after the injury. A grade two sprain — which means a partial tearing of the ligaments – would be more like a month. The Spurs will announce a timetable for Duncans’ return in 48 to 72 hours, Buford said.
The NBA playoffs start in three weeks.
Duncan injured his ankle in the second quarter Monday when came down on the foot of Golden State’s Ekpe Udoh and his ankle rolled.
As Zach Lowe noted at Sports Illustrated, Tony Parker has said the only truly important thing about the Duncan injury to the News Express Spurs Nation blog:
“We can win without Timmy in the rest of the regular season and get that top seed,” Tony Parker said. “But we’re not going anywhere in the playoffs without him.”
The Spurs will finish with the top seed in the NBA, they have a comfortable 7 game lead over the Lakers out West and 6.5 games over Boston and Chicago for the overall. The Spurs likely would win a first-round playoff match up with Memphis, New Orleans or Houston without a 100 percent Duncan, although they could be pushed six games or more.
But by the time of a second round matchup — probably against Oklahoma City — they will need him back and 100 percent.
So expect for the rest of the regular season for the Spurs to take a page out of the Celtics playbook and not rush Duncan back at all. It’s not like this veteran team that has played the first 70 games of the season together need him to work on fitting in. But come the playoffs, you can expect Duncan to play. Or you can expect the Spurs to be in trouble.
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The Zach Lowe piece.
http://nba-point-forward.si.com/2011...ns-importance/Quote:
There’s no understating Duncan’s importance
Zach Lowe
The Point Forward
SI.com
Tony Parker really said the only important thing to be said about Tim Duncan’s nasty-looking ankle sprain that, according to San Antonio’s broadcast team, will sideline him for a couple of weeks: The Spurs have zero chance of winning the title without Duncan, and if the injury somehow becomes serious enough to actually limit him or keep him out for the playoffs, the Thunder would suddenly look pretty good sitting in that No. 4 slot in a potential second-round matchup with San Antonio.
What else is there to say, really? There’s no “race” for the top seed to worry about, no key stretch of the schedule left. There is the postseason and nothing else for San Antonio.
Duncan is the main (and possibly only) thing standing between the Spurs and defensive mediocrity. He is the team’s sole reliable rim protector, and the Spurs have quietly allowed a whopping six more points per 100 possessions with Duncan on the bench this season, according to Basketball Value. For the 28 minutes Duncan is on the floor every game, the Spurs defend only a smidgen worse than Boston and Chicago — and that difference vanishes once you factor in how much more potent Western Conference offenses are than their counterparts in the East. With Duncan on the bench, San Antonio defends like a league-average team.
Keep reading...
Ball Don't Lie chimes in.
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/bal...?urn=nba-wp410Quote:
Just how bad is Tim Duncan’s ankle injury?
By Kelly Dwyer
This morning, I gave Tim Duncan's ankle injury a shrug of the shoulders. The Spurs are in no danger of losing the top seed in the Western Conference to the Los Angeles Lakers, or the Southwest Division to the Dallas Mavericks. They've gone strong early, earning the ability to not worry about losing their best player for the next two or three weeks.
Any time beyond that? It's a bit of a worry.
Because the final night of the regular season is three weeks from Wednesday. And the playoffs will start for San Antonio any time between the afternoon of April 16th and the evening of April 17th. Could Duncan be out that long?
Keep reading...
http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_yl...swithoutduncan
Apparently Duncan's on crutches and the swelling still hasn't gone down.
But I was reassured by the reminder that in 2005 Duncan had a similar ankle sprain, the the Spurs went on to win the championship with what is likely to be a lower seed than they will have this year. So I'm not worried.
I'm worried. There is too much riding on this season to not be worried. I will be worried until someone prominent comes out and says "he's good to go".
A sprain somewhere between grade 1 and 2 would be great, if Timmy gets away with "only" a grade 1 sprain we should be really thankful. However, judging by who it looked I'm not that optimistic.
Oh, and fuck the regular season we would retain the 1st seed as long as Tony's playing. We don't even need Manu for that.
The 2005 story.
Just please be alright Timmy, that's all we ask for....we can't win it without you....