{"id":11727,"date":"2017-12-16T14:29:20","date_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:29:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lwosonnba.ms.lastwordonsports.com\/?p=11727"},"modified":"2017-12-16T14:29:20","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T19:29:20","slug":"utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2017\/12\/16\/utah-jazz-rudy-gobert-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert Diagnosed with PCL Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/utah-jazz\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Utah<\/strong> <strong>Jazz<\/strong><\/a> center <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rudy Gobert<\/a><\/strong> is reportedly set to miss one month after being diagnosed with a PCL strain in his left knee. <strong>Shams Charania<\/strong> of Yahoo was first to break the news on Saturday afternoon:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Sources: Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert has been diagnosed with a sprained PCL in his left knee and bone bruise in tibia, expected to be sidelined for one month.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ShamsCharania\/status\/942089343925215232?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Report: Utah Jazz Center Rudy Gobert Diagnosed with MCL Injury<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Gobert, 25, left Friday night&#8217;s game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/nba-teams\/boston-celtics\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Boston<\/strong> <strong>Celtics<\/strong><\/a> early with a knee injury. The Frenchman has been dealing with a bone bruise, as well as the confirmed PCL strain according to Charania. The incident\u00a0occurred when teammate <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/favorde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derrick Favors<\/a><\/strong> fell onto Gobert&#8217;s leg. Utah went on to win the game 107-95 on the night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Big win fellas! Way to grind it out \u270a\ud83c\udffd<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/rudygobert27\/status\/941865936725868544?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">December 16, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gobert is almost averaging a double-double, with 11.6 points and 9.6 rebounds per game. The big center is known for his defensive impact, and the stats show exactly\u00a0that. Averaging over two blocks per game, he is arguably the NBA&#8217;s most formidable rim protector. Gobert&#8217;s injury is a big loss for the Jazz but head coach <strong>Quin Snyder<\/strong> is remaining upbeat:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This group&#8217;s got character and they are going to compete no matter what the circumstances, and they did.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the second time this season Gobert will miss time. Gobert, who was drafted back in 2013, had only just returned from an 11 game absence last week. This can be seen in two ways, either Gobert is on the end of some bad luck or the hole left by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haywago01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Hayward<\/a><\/strong> is bigger than initially feared and the toll on his body is beginning to tell.<\/p>\n<p>With a record of 14-15, the Jazz currently holds the ninth seed in the Western Conference.<\/p>\n<p>In his absence, the Jazz will look to the likes of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/jerebjo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jonas Jerebko<\/a><\/strong> to play valuable minutes. The team also called up <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/bradlto01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tony Bradley<\/a><\/strong> on Saturday, with the Salt Lake City Stars player is expected to see minutes in the Jazz frontcourt over the next few games.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"0gkq_yvZShxkG-nGV1So4g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.ca\/detail\/630824332\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'0gkq_yvZShxkG-nGV1So4g',sig:'Sg4rB-I9lQ0q4o-9YGYEb2hBcon483krB9jJhuoLuUA=',w:'594px',h:'409px',items:'630824332',caption: true ,tld:'ca',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah Jazz center Rudy Gobert is reportedly set to miss one month of action after being diagnosed with an MCL injury in his left knee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":638,"featured_media":11747,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[24,2,62,3],"tags":[65,96,202,394,144],"class_list":["post-11727","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-jazz","category-featured","category-nba","category-news","tag-basketball","tag-nba","tag-nba-news","tag-rudy-gobert","tag-utah-jazz"],"modified_by":"Barkev Sivazlian","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11727","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11727"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11727\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11727"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11727"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11727"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}