In the Feb. 11 Clippers vs. Lone Rangers game, Norman Powell returned to the locker room with a suspected sprained ankle left in the third quarter, but he returned to the court to finish that game, but on Feb. 13 the team announced that Powell would miss a back-to-back vs. lone ranger game. Powell was already limping.
On Feb. 14, NBA reporter Tim Bontang reported that Clippers player Norman Powell suffered a fractured left foot and his return date was undecided.
Clippers officials also quickly issued injury reports, Powell suffered a fractured left foot, he has no comeback timeline, he has only played three games in the Clippers.
Previously, the Clippers reached a deal with the Blazers, the Clippers used Eric Bledsoe, Justis Winslow, Keow Johnson and the 2025 second-round draft picks, to get the Blazers Norman Powell and Robert Covington, the deal is seen as a perfect operation, Powell and Covington are both immediate combat, did not expect the injury to come so quickly.
Clippers fans feel that the Clippers are cursed, the small card suffered from ACL tearing, George's elbow tendon tearing, Powell's left foot fractured, the Clippers' main three scoring points have not returned, and the Clippers have been overshadowed by this season's impact on the playoffs.
Sports medicine expert Jeff Scott analyzed that Powell is: sesamoid bone injury, which is a bone embedded in the tendon, such as the patella is the sesamoid bone, the big toe of the sesamoid bone is located at the bottom of the toe to help bear the weight, in the push down the toe to create leverage. (Powell was damaged to the sesamoid bone on his foot.)
Another medical expert analyzed that Powell's medial sesamoid fracture is rare, and the pulley that acts as a tendon in the sesamoid bone fracture helps the flexion and extension of the big toe, and generally the sesamoid bone healing time is 4-8 weeks.
Powell came to the Clippers in three games to do well, averaging 26.7 minutes per game, 21.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.0 assists, if Neither Jr. nor George returns this season, then he will be the Clippers' first scoring point, but now that they have suffered injuries, the Clippers need others to step up to have playoff hopes.
Text/Yan Xiaobai