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crimedog

you've got guts. no way i was going to look that closely at it. seeing al jefferson's face and the raptors bench was enough to let me know i didn't want to watch.

i don't think this is even under consideration for this year...i just hope it's not something that limits him or causes him to miss time next year.

i can't imagine how his wife is feeling right now, assuming she was watching on tv back in toronto.

Who-C

Yea it was definately a break 100%

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anniebananerz

Okay. I was stupid enough to let my curiosity get the better of me and I watched the vid of his injury over on nba.com. I now understand why Jose covered his leg with a towel.

It looks really bad. The bottom part of his left leg looked sort of curved/crooked inwards. :S And Jose's reaction just spoke volumes about the seriousness of it.

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Wait...


From Yahoo!Sports and the Boston AP:

The Raptors also lost Spanish rookie Jorge Garbajosa to a left ankle injury that put him in the hospital.

Toronto trailed 75-66 with 4:31 left in the fourth when Garbajosa went up for a blocked shot on Jefferson. Garbajosa fell awkwardly on his left leg and screamed in pain.

Garbajosa, who had five points and five rebounds, left on a stretcher and was taken to a hospital. Toronto spokesman Rover Yau said Garbajosa would stay in the hospital overnight for evaluation.

Toronto should know the extent of the injury on Tuesday. One thing's for sure, it wasn't pretty.

"I really thought he broke his leg," Jefferson said. "We bumped, my leg hit his leg, and I looked down and he was all twisted up. He was screaming, and I could feel his pain."

It might not be a broken leg, but a broken ankle. :S

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Benis007

it was horrible to watch, not sure what was worse, the replay or garbajosa screaming.

did not look pretty

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Yao Mania

just saw the garbojosa clip on nba.com... that was more sick than the Livingston injury to me. You can even see Al Jefferson's react to it, when he looked over he looked away right away because it was so nasty

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is this a playoff team that can even win one game against the bulls, heat, or wizards now ???

Ras

I'm very glad I didn't hear the scream.

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lucky777s

I thought Chuck mentioned that it was a dislocation of the ankle. That is the same injury Livingston did to his knee and that looked grotesque. You could see Garbo's foot just hanging to the side.

Either way he is done for the year and possibly longer. Don't hear much about ankle ligaments but its very possible he did major damage to that ankle and next year could be in doubt. Even his career.

Feel horrible for Garbo who was just about to experience nba playoff action for the first time in his life and get to shine on the big stage. He definitely would have stepped up in those big games.

Hump and Graham will have to be relied on heavily now. And MoP for the 3ball. Hopefully Bargnani can get his stroke back quickly when he returns. He was in such a nice groove.

Benis007

I am wondering why Sam didn't try and use more of Mo to get things going. he shouldn't ever play just 6 minutes in a loss.

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Victor Page

Let's not get too carried away with Garbo's injury. It was horrible (I didn't watch the replays) and since it's almost April we know he's done for the year. He's a tough dude and he was obviously in all kinds of pain.

However, a dislocation or a break heals cleanly - even if he tore ligaments, they can fix those via surgery and he can get back to 100% in 6-9 months. Garbo gets by on smarts and toughness - he doesn't need to regain an explosive first step or a 44" vertical. There's no way that this ends his career.

Turkish Delight

Looking at the replay again, the injury looks pretty bad but I think Livingston's was far more serious. The dude is almost certainly going to miss next year. Knee injuries are always much more serious anyways, and tougher to completely heal.
Hopefully we'll get news to the extent of Garbo's injury sooner rather than later.

Turkish Delight

By the way, what was he thinking trying to block Al Jefferson like that? I love the effort, but you are just asking for something bad to happen with a play like that.

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