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Garnett Injured in Utah Game

February 20, 2009 at 8:22 pm by Thomas Halzack

Kevin Garnett injured his right knee in the second quarter of the loss to the Utah Jazz on Thursday.

Unconfirmed reports say he may be out for a month. He was sent back to Boston for an MRI and will definitely miss the last three games of the road trip.

That will increase Brian Scalabrine and Glen Davis’ minutes and importance. Leon Powe may get more time at power forward as well.

It is important that all three of these players improve their production going forward and the stretch of games could help in doing that. So there may be a silver lining in the KG injury if it isn’t too serious. If he is out for a month, that would pose more of a challenge.

KG was said to have been having trouble with that knee for a few weeks prior.

A longer time of healing would place more responsibility on Ray Allen and Paul Pierce for everything, most likely increasing their minutes and certainly their game requirements such as helping out rebounding.

Thomas Halzack

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I’m glad Garnett was healthy in 2010, I hope he stays that way in 2011 so the Celtics have another shot at the title.

Comment by Young — August 13th, 2010 @ 5:03 pm
Young – definitely look for improvement from KG this season. You picked the right article to mention that. This game was the beginning of the end for KG.

Comment by Tom Halzack — August 14th, 2010 @ 12:43 am

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