SAN ANTONIO — The San Antonio Spurs’ Manu Ginobili will miss the rest of the season and playoffs after tests Monday revealed that his surgically repaired right ankle has gotten worse.
Ginobili sat out the fourth quarter in Sunday’s blowout loss at Cleveland as he felt serious pain in the ankle. Both he and the Spurs dreaded to see the MRI the following day.
Ginobili missed 19 games after the All-Star break to heal a stress reaction in his right distal fibula. He returned March 25, but tests showed the stubborn injury is now a fracture.
The Spurs said Ginobili wasn’t expected to need surgery. But either way, Ginobili is out and the Spurs are hobbling with less than two weeks before the playoffs begin.
This is a serious blow to a team that already lacks scoring to compliment and hobbled Tim Duncan and the speedy Tony Parker.
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