On April 22, Beijing time, the results of the MRI examination of Bucks star Middleton were released, according to Dario Melendez, Middleton will be absent for 3-4 weeks due to injury, and medical experts confirmed that the injury was stopped for 3-4 weeks, which means that his left knee ligament is a second-degree sprain, and the first round of reimbursement is determined, and there is no chance to play in the next game with the Bulls.
In the fourth quarter of the Bucks and Bulls Series G2 7 minutes 30 seconds, Middleton accidentally fell down when he broke through with the ball, slipped his left leg, and then Middleton insisted on playing for more than 40 seconds with an injury, but he limped on the court, his left knee was obviously uncomfortable, and at 6 minutes and 49 seconds, Middleton left the field and went straight back to the locker room; after the game, Budenholzer revealed that Middleton suffered a knee injury from a sprained medial collateral ligament in his left knee.
In this game, Delton started 32 minutes and had 18 points, 8 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals on 6-of-11 shooting.
Middleton suffered serious injuries to Durant and Thick Brow, both KD and Thick Brow suffered a knee medial collateral ligament strain this season and were sidelined for six weeks due to injury; Curry suffered such injuries in the first round of the 2016 playoffs G4, and came back early after two weeks of injury suspension.
Now Middleton's true injury is determined, the left knee ligament sprain, is expected to be stopped for 3-4 weeks, which means that he will be reimbursed for the first round, the current Bucks big score 1-1 Bulls, the two sides play up to G7 life and death battle, and G7 will start in 9 days, if the Bucks advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, Middleton missed at least the first 4 games, generally this injury has to rest for about a month.
So far in the playoffs, Middleton has averaged 14.5 points, 7 rebounds and 4.5 assists per game; in 66 games in the regular season, he has averaged 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.4 assists per game; Mishen is injured, alphabet brother has lost a big helper defending his title, the Bucks have been severely damaged, and the road to defending the title has become more difficult.