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SAN FRANCISCO — The Utah Jazz may find yourself actually shorthanded of their Monday night time matchup with the Phoenix Suns.
Already with out Donovan Mitchell, who didn't journey with the workforce on their two-game journey as he recovers from a concussion, and Hassan Whiteside, who's conditioning after clearing the NBA’s well being and security protocol, the Jazz suffered two extra accidents of their 94-92 loss to the Golden State Warriors on Sunday.
Bojan Bogdanovic got here away from a fourth-quarter collision with Damion Lee favoring his proper leg and was recognized with a knee contusion. Rudy Gobert was hobbled within the last minutes of the sport with a left calf pressure, and watched from sidelines for the final two minutes.
“I felt it immediately,” Gobert stated of his harm. “I stepped an I felt one thing like — I had a sense in my calf...I knew one thing occurred. As soon as once more, I attempted to play by way of it. However I may really feel I wasn’t transferring proper and I didn’t need to make it worse.”
Whereas Bogdanovic appeared to be unconcerned about his harm within the long-term, he didn’t know if it will influence his potential to play in upcoming video games.
Gobert appeared to lean slightly extra towards warning, noting that a calf pressure shouldn't be one thing to mess with.
“I’ve by no means actually had that earlier than so I don’t know, it’s laborious for me to inform what number of video games or how lengthy it's going to take me to heal,” Gobert stated after the sport along with his legs wrapped in ice packs. “Typically you’ve obtained to be good. It it’s a pressure and also you make it worse it may be quite a bit worse.”
Neither participant’s standing for Monday night time has been decided, however even when the accidents aren’t main, contemplating the workforce will likely be on the second night time of a back-to-back, the Jazz may err on the aspect of warning.
Whereas the Jazz left the door open for the potential of Mitchell becoming a member of the workforce in Phoenix earlier than the Golden State sport, a workforce spokesperson stated that Mitchell shouldn't be anticipated to journey to Phoenix and won't play on Monday night time.