{"id":74994,"date":"2024-04-26T11:41:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=74994"},"modified":"2024-04-26T11:41:06","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:41:06","slug":"knicks-defensive-menace-suffers-concerning-game-3-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/26\/knicks-defensive-menace-suffers-concerning-game-3-injury\/","title":{"rendered":"Knicks Defensive Menace Suffers Concerning Game 3 Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While getting tangled up with Philadelphia 76ers center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/e\/embiijo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joel Embiid<\/a> in the first quarter, New York Knicks center <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/r\/robinmi01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Robinson<\/a> sustained what could become a series-altering injury.<\/p>\n<p>Already limping around the court, Mitchell\u2019s ankle seemed to worsen after the flagrant foul by Embiid. Robinson attempted to tough it out but after the Knicks took a timeout early in the second quarter, he didn\u2019t return to the court. Per the Knicks PR, Robinson was diagnosed with a sprained ankle. He was subsequently ruled out for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Mitchell Robinson (sprained left ankle) is out for the remainder of the game.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NY_KnicksPR (@NY_KnicksPR) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NY_KnicksPR\/status\/1783667328149860822?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Robinson, who has the second-most blocks in Knicks\u2019 history, played just six minutes. He was seen leaving the Wells Fargo Center in a walking boot.<\/p>\n<h2>Mitchell Robinson Suffers Concerning Game 3 Injury<\/h2>\n<p>Notably, Robinson was listed as questionable ahead of Game 3 with left ankle injury management. He\u2019s only recently <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/26\/knicks-trio-receive-major-injury-updates-ahead-2024-playoffs\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">recovered from a left ankle surgery<\/a> that led him to miss 51 games in the regular season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Knicks C Mitchell Robinson left the arena in a walking boot after the loss to the Sixers \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>(via <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeLFischer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@JakeLFischer<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v2Syu0duV3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/v2Syu0duV3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YahooSports\/status\/1783696579154588143?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>After the game, Embiid addressed his unnecessary foul on Robinson. Whether he\u2019s aware that social media was rife with characterizations of him as a dirty player is unknown. Nonetheless, when he took to the podium, he made it clear that his intent wasn\u2019t to hurt Robinson:<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026 Trying to make sure he doesn\u2019t land on me,\u201d Embiid says of the situation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause obviously we know the history that I have with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/k\/kuminjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(Jonathan) Kuminga<\/a> landing on my knee. So I kind of had some flashbacks when he came down to it.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"zxx\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MyBibkTaBY\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/MyBibkTaBY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 John Brisker (@JohnBrisker2021) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnBrisker2021\/status\/1783840597079687379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s unfortunate. I didn&#8217;t mean to hurt anybody. In those situations, I&#8217;ve got to protect myself because I&#8217;ve been in way too many situations where I&#8217;m always the recipient of the bad end of it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Knicks leader <a href=\"https:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hartjo01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Josh Hart<\/a> addressed the play as well, saying: \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/04\/25\/sports\/mitchell-robinson-ruled-out-of-game-3-vs-76ers-with-ankle-injury\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">We\u2019re just happy<\/a> Mitch didn\u2019t get a serious injury on that\u201d (per the New York Post\u2019s Peter Botte).<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI\u2019m all for tough fouls, tough, playoff fouls, but that\u2019s something that can put a guy out for a significant amount of time. So we\u2019re lucky he didn\u2019t get seriously hurt during that play. It\u2019s extremely tough. Obviously he\u2019s someone that\u2019s a big part of this team and a big part of our team identity. So it\u2019s a bummer to see.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Hart <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FredKatz\/status\/1783694048353554458\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">considers the foul \u201creckless,\u201d<\/a> per The Athletic\u2019s Fred Katz.<\/p>\n<h3>Why No Ejection?<\/h3>\n<p>Katz also related the postgame response from the game\u2019s officiating crew.<\/p>\n<p>In the memo, the referees explaining why Embiid wasn\u2019t assessed a Flagrant 2 for the foul. A Flagrant 2 would have led to an automatic ejection for Embiid. That would\u2019ve likely led a win for the Knicks as Embiid scored <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/04\/26\/sixers-joel-embiid-makes-playoff-history-victory\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">a playoff career-high 50 points<\/a> in Game 3.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Crew chief Zach Zarba on why officials deemed the Embiid foul on Robinson a flagrant 1 and not a flagrant 2: &#8220;The crew was unanimous along with the replay center official in Secaucus that this foul was unnecessary but did not rise to the level of a flagrant 2.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Full quote here: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bTv5w07q9X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/bTv5w07q9X<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fred Katz (@FredKatz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FredKatz\/status\/1783700079980765527?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">April 26, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Per crew chief Zach Zarba, \u201cthe crew was unanimous along with the replay center official in Secaucus that this foul was unnecessary but did not rise to the level of a flagrant 2.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While getting tangled up with Philadelphia 76ers center Joel Embiid in the first quarter, New York Knicks center Mitchell Robinson sustained what could become a series-altering injury. Already limping around the court, Mitchell\u2019s ankle seemed to worsen after the flagrant foul by Embiid. Robinson attempted to tough it out but after the Knicks took a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5008,"featured_media":75012,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,1608,62,3,13],"tags":[267,1616,4745,596],"class_list":["post-74994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knicks","category-basketball","category-nba","category-news","category-76ers","tag-joel-embiid","tag-mitchell-robinson","tag-nba-injuries","tag-nba-playoffs"],"modified_by":"Quenton S Albertie","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74994","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\/5008"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}