MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Kevin Love was sick. Ricky Rubio, Chase Budinger and Brandon Roy were all out with injuries and the rest of the Minnesota Timberwolves couldn’t buy a bucket for most of the game.
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Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Chase Budinger will miss the next three to four months while recovering from surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.
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(Reuters) – The injury-hit Minnesota Timberwolves were dealt another blow on Tuesday with forward Chase Budinger expected to be sidelined for at least three months after having knee surgery. Budinger, who has flourished as a perimeter player this season, tore a lateral meniscus in his left knee during the final quarter of Saturday’s 87-80 loss to the Chicago Bulls. The 24-year-old had surgery in Florida on Tuesday to repair the tear and is expected to be out of action for three to four months, the Timberwolves said in a statement. …
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Nov 13 (Reuters) – The injury-hit Minnesota Timberwolves were dealt another blow on Tuesday with forward Chase Budinger expected to be sidelined for at least three months after having knee surgery. Budinger, who has flourished as a perimeter player this season, tore a lateral meniscus in his left knee during the final quarter of Saturday’s 87-80 loss to the Chicago Bulls. The 24-year-old had surgery in Florida on Tuesday to repair the tear and is expected to be out of action for three to four months, the Timberwolves said in a statement. …
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Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Chase Budinger will be sidelined for three to four months to recover from left-knee surgery.
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The Minnesota Timberwolves, as was the case early in the 2011-12 season, have become one of the NBA’s great stories. Still working without All-Star Kevin Love and wunderkind defender and passer Ricky Rubio, the Wolves have rushed out to a 5-2 record on the heels of stout defense and effective half-court offense. The team isn’t setting any marks for fast-break brilliance or lights out shooting, but Rick Adelman’s crew has more than held its own without the appearance of its two franchise cornerstones.
Still, the team is stuck having to figure out more and more ways to work around its injury woes. Springy wingman Chase Budinger went down on Saturday night with a knee injury that was later revealed to be a full meniscus tear , requiring three months on the sideline. And though the team knew it was getting into a year’s worth of questions regarding the comeback of former Portland All-Star Brandon Roy, Minnesota went ahead and signed the former top-scorer irrespective of the fact that cartilage (of which Roy has precious little in his knees) just doesn’t grow back.
And Roy — sadly, and expectedly — is having a hard time working through things again. From NBA.com’s great Steve Aschburner, in talking with Wolves coach Rick Adelman about the recently shut-down former star :
“He’s figuring that out,” Adelman said, as Roy navigates the physical and mental demands of his comeback. “He hasn’t been as effective as a lot of people thought he should be, but they’re thinking about the guy three years ago. He’s so used to just letting guys come to him and taking ‘em off the dribble and finishing plays.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Chase Budinger will miss the next three to four months while recovering from surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Timberwolves swingman Chase Budinger will miss the next three to four months while recovering from surgery to repair a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee.
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The 24-year-old forward is the latest in a rash of injuries to nag the Minnesota Timberwolves.
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Minnesota Timberwolves forward Chase Budinger tore the lateral meniscus in his left knee in the game against Chicago on Saturday and will have surgery sometime this week, the team announced Sunday.