Portland’s Zach Collins Will Be Out A Week Due To His Ankle Injury

Portland’s Zach Collins Will Be Out A Week Due To His Ankle Injury

Uproxx - News·2020-08-20 05:09

The Portland Trail Blazers rewarded those that put great faith in them despite being the 8-seed (like Charles Barkley) by beating the Lakers in a thrilling Game 1 that saw Damian Lillard do Dame things in the closing stretch to pull away from L.A.

The question now facing the Blazers is whether they can keep it going, particularly on defense where they were the beneficiaries of some horrific shooting from the Lakers role players — although, making those guys take shots is by design. Making this challenge more difficult is the news that arrived for Portland on Wednesday, as they learned Zach Collins, who sat out Game 1 is likely out for Games 2-4 as well with a Malleolar stress reaction in his ankle after having an MRI.

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