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Al Jefferson Potentially Out for Rest of the Regular Season
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All posts by Basketball InsidersUpdated15 Oct 2021
The Hornets are considering shutting down center Al Jefferson for the final seven games of the season, coach Steve Clifford said Friday night after continued soreness in the right knee forced Jefferson from the game in the second quarter.
Charlotte’s leading rebounder and No. 2 scorer has had the knee drained three times in the last 10 days with little, if any, sign it will get him through the final week and a half. Friday, Jefferson played only 12 minutes of the 93-74 loss to the Pacers at Bankers Life Fieldhouse.
“To me, he’s dragging that leg around and then he compensates,” Clifford said. “He’s a big man. He’s disappointed. But he’s injured.”
Asked if the team may take Jefferson out of the lineup for the rest of the season, Clifford said, “The problem with the injury is that the only way it’s going to get better is if he rests it for a significant amount of time, so it’s not like two days or three days are going to help that much. So I could say possibly, yeah.”
