Quick: Roy's MRI Reveals Bone Bruise
Jason Quick tweets...
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Brandon Roy MRI reveals bone bruise in right knee. He will not play Monday against OKC
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Here's Quick's post on the MRI.
The Blazers also sent out this text message tonight...
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Initial results of Brandon Roy's MRI confirm a right knee bone contusion. Further evaluation of MRI results on Monday. Roy is doubtful for OKC on Monday.
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For full post game reaction from Nate McMillan and Brandon Roy, click here.
Update (10:06PM)
This is probably the best resource I could find regarding knee bone bruises and expected recovery timelines. From reading a few sites, it sounds like timelines vary based on a number of factors, including size and severity. If the further evaluation of Roy's MRI doesn't reveal anything else out of the ordinary, a timeline of a few days is a definite possibility. If the bruise is particularly severe, large or something else pops up on the MRI, it could be longer.
Here's one other thing to keep in mind. Back on November 1, LaMarcus Aldridge suffered a right knee contusion after banging knees with Jeff Green. He sat out the rest of that game but played 40 minutes in the Blazers' next game (November 3 against Atlanta). Soreness from the contusion also kept him out of a game against Miami on December 1 but he was again able to play 40 minutes during the next Blazers game (December 5 against Houston). With any luck, Roy's absence will be similarly short.
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What bone
Femur, patella, tibia, fibula. Is it bruised where the lcl inserts on femur? How bout some details.
by doomsdaymachine on Apr 11, 2010 11:26 PM PDT via mobile up reply actions
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by BlazerFan1 on Apr 11, 2010 9:21 PM PDT via mobile reply actions
Dang.
I’m not an expert by any means but that’s not terrible right?
Dang. We needed him for tomorrow too. Let’s see if our bench can produce.
Who starts?
Rudy? Bayless? or Martell?
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
My pick is Rudy.
He will compliment Dre a bit better than the other two. Id prefer to keep Martell a 3/SF with Bayless as a 1/2. Though I can’t ignore the fact that Martell is better as a starter. I just see him getting shut down by Thabo a bit more than Rudy.
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Rudy should get the nod...
If Nic could play all game against Durant, then Martell would start. It’d be a pretty ferocious defensive team, with Martell on Westbrook, Nic on Durant, Camby on Green. We’d pretty much be able to have a good defender on each of their big 3.
But, as it is, Nic can’t play all game against Durant, so Martell will need to come in and spell him at some point. So, Rudy should be in there. The biggest problem I envision with the lineup, is that Andre occasionally struggles against pressure, and without a true secondary ballhandler, there isn’t really anyone to bail him out. That alone could cause Bayless to start.
We will see, either way, we’ve beaten teams without Brandon before! On the road, nonetheless. We’ve got the power of the Rose Garden behind us tomorrow night! Give ’em hell tomorrow night!
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knowing Nate
He’ll start the player who he thinks has the best chance of defending Harden
I don’t believe Rudy has started a game yet this year. He’s deserving, but If Nate goes with what he did the last 15 times Roy was out, he’ll start Bayless. Jerryd could defend Westbrook while Miller matches up on Harden, or vice-versa
Webster and Batum should play tag-team defense on KD. I don’t think that starting Martell is a good idea
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then that means nate's screwing up already!
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by mittsabishy on Apr 11, 2010 10:22 PM PDT up reply actions
Sefolosha, then
Thabo’s a better matchup for Rudy than Harden would be, but Fernandez may have trouble scoring against TS at the other end.
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True but Thabo probably could lock Bayless up pretty easily because of size/strength
and will probably lock Martell down because of his lack of handles. Rudy is the best option at the starting 2 spot, unfortunately.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
Rudy, Bayless and Webster will have to produce, regardless who starts
for the Blazers to come away with another W this week
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argggg...
that does not bode well for the OKC game…
maybe the team will pull together without him, and Martell can pick up some slack.
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by thankyouforblaze on Apr 11, 2010 9:23 PM PDT reply actions
Well, at least it's not his imagination
The rest of the team will have to rise without him against OKC.
Big game. But we’ve got this.
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Recently in bone bruises
Andrew Bogut: Missed 2 games
Nene: Missed 2 games
Greg Buckner: Missed 3 games
Leandro Barbosa: Missed 8 games
In 2006 Jason Richardson also missed 2 games, and Gerald Wallace missed 8, but that was on the tibia.
I think you can play fairly fast again, but it can still hurt a while. Combined with the injured hamstring, it will probably make Roy feel his legs badly during the playoffs.
so much for the idea that the backcourt rotation will be tight during the playoffs
ideally you’d like to see Roy and Miller playing 40+ mpg in round 1, but now that Brandon is hobbling Nate will have to rely on Bayless and Rudy even more. We all know how inconsistent they’ve been, but sometimes the only way to learn is trial by fire
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Accoridng to ehow.com
It seems to mainly be a matter of dealing with the pain and swelling, but can take “a few months” to completely heal.
Will that put a crimp in his offseason training regimen?
by Epimenides on Apr 12, 2010 3:04 AM PDT via mobile up reply actions
and this...
1. Bone Bruise Basics
A bone bruise is a lot more painful and the pain lasts longer than the giant swelling of a bruise on the skin or in the muscle. It is one step before a fracture. The bone has a cortex with interconnected fibers and calcium fills the spaces between the fibers. When the bone strikes something, those fibers break and leak out the contents held between them. If enough fibers break then the result is a fracture of the bone. A bone bruise occurs when only a few of the fibers break.
pulled from Livestrong.com
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It's not horrible. I don't think.
And he will more than likely play in the playoffs but may miss the last two regular season games. Slight chance he returns on the finale of the regular season.
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BTW, i hope a speedy recover to Roy. As much as we need him tomorrow, we need him healthy for the playoffs.
Being a Blazer fan is not exactly healthy.
Yeah, I'd rather save him for the playoffs.
I think we should go without him this week even if he feels he can play. History or our training staff and guys coming back too soon, does not make me confident.
We can beat GS without Roy.
Our guys seem to play well the first few games after someone goes down.
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Yes
If he sits against OKC, then definitely sit him against GS as well.
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by Storyteller on Apr 11, 2010 11:45 PM PDT up reply actions
A bone bruise?
I’m no knee expert, but what about:
Right now, it’s a sprained knee. I didn’t bump knees, me and Ron were going at each other and my foot got caught, my knee kept going. Felt like I sprained it. Basically gotta wait until tonight to try to get an MRI. If not, I can go in on the morning to see if I did anything. But it just didn’t feel right going back out there trying to play.
or:
My knee locked up a little bit.
??
full evaluation of MRI comes Monday
Hopefully nothing changes
I was wondering the same....
Roy said the didn’t bump knees. How do you get a bone bruise in thin air?
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by courtsideerrandboy on Apr 11, 2010 10:50 PM PDT up reply actions
you can fracture your patella in thin air
at least you can if you’re GO
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in thin air it would be hard...
But thick air is vicious. We’re not talking Denver here. LA is very close to sea level and extremely polluted. It hurts to collide with the air down there.
"...it was like he brought his own personal cross-wind to the arena." - Dave
I had them on both knees from impact and mild hyper-extension
no bumping necessary. In fact, I don’t think bumping could cause this.
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Oh, and it felt originally like a sprain or ligament tear
I’ve had my knees blown before, and it felt remarkably similar. So much so that I didn’t necessarily believe it wasn’t until someone demonstrated (with the MRI as visual aid) exactly what a bone bruise (tibial plateau fractures) looked like.
And, I was running again in a week, pain free. I started surfing again in a couple days. This isn’t likely to be a big deal.
It hurts bad at first though.
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Good info!
Still makes no sense, but if hobobo can get bone bruises from thin air, I guess BRoy can too.
This is awesome news!!!!!!!!
Seriously! This gives Rudy the chance to show that his game is back. This gives Martell plenty of playing time tomorrow to show how his game is back. This will allow Dante to play a little bit to show that he should be worked into the rotation in the playoffs (to hopefully limit Juwan’s time in the post season).
We don’t need Brandon to beat OKC — we need reasonable offense and connected defense. With a bone bruise, if Brandon rests the rest of the season and comes back for the playoffs he’ll get a good rest to heal up (although he usually takes a little while to come back after sitting out) and it will get the other team ready to play with or without him.
This isn’t ligament damage, this isn’t a miniscus tear. This is something that is just going to hurt, but that’s it. Not like a hamstring that can get reaggravated.
by Anim8rguy on Apr 11, 2010 9:46 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
wondering
why the BLAZERS always have to reveal everything so soon to give the opposition time to make adjustments….couldn’t we have waited a bit longer and closer to game time to let OKLA know Brandon would not be playing? Seems like a strategy to me and one we never seem to take….just sayin….and don’t understand why we don’t play that hand… BEAT OKLA!!
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Because there would be exploding heads all over this town
…if they didn’t announce the outcome of the MRI as soon as possible. With this season’s injury history, and the playoffs so soon, and B-Roy’s role on the team… withholding that information would probably be a PR fiasco with the the wound-up, twitchy, rabid PTB fan base. Much better to telegraph B-Roy’s status to the “Thunder” and have the home crowd solidly in-tune for the game.
Besides which, 24 hours during a road trip is hardly enough time to make serious, thoughtful changes to your game plan. If they were making special plans/adjustments for tomorrow nights game, those preparations have lost some value. Really the only silver lining to not having B-Roy is that the “Thunder” are going to have to work from their standard playbook on the defensive end. I don’t think the advance notice changes that much.
by conspirator5 on Apr 11, 2010 10:13 PM PDT up reply actions
I too wonder if our fantastic BE articles and news updates gives our opponents a better look at us
I always am curious if that will hurt us one day.
But updates like these are pretty standard, I think. The timing is quick sure but most are.
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I had the same thing when I played HS football and they put a cast on my leg for 3 weeks.
Let’s not get ahead of ourselves and think this is great news. In some cases bone bruises take longer time to heal than actual fractures. Think of it as a shin-splint, but in the knee instead of the shin. People can have very minor shin-splints or they can become gruesome fractures if pushed too hard.
It all depends on the severity of his injury, but I’d rather not see Brandon hurt his knee (and his career) long-term than win a few more games in the playoffs…that’s just me.
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Wow, a cast
I had them in both knees, and they were considered serious, too. But, they just gave me some pain killers and said do whatever you feel comfortable doing.
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Maybe our luck is changing...
IF this is really a bone bruise, it’s probably the best news we could have heard (other than there was really nothing wrong with him in the first place-which would then have us all wondering “is he pulling a Pavano?”)
I used to get shin splints when I ran. I didn’t know they were like a bone bruise. I do know they hurt, though. Probably not enough to keep me from playing but…I’m just say’in)
It's Playoff time. Sit Roy, then
When the first series starts, rub some dirt and spit on it and get your tail back out there. This is the war we played the whole year for.
by Hermistonmelons on Apr 11, 2010 10:39 PM PDT reply actions
He just needs a Mr. Miyagi rub down.
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by DaNoose on Apr 11, 2010 10:46 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Nice....
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by Storyteller on Apr 11, 2010 11:46 PM PDT up reply actions
So far we have been able to find silver linings in some injuries this year. Maybe Roy sitting out this game could be
good for a rest his back needs. Still, we are going to need players to step up against OKC. We are the better team and we can win both of these games. Rudy and Martell are going to need to do it again.
Nah, better than the chances against Denver, but not Utah. We were beating Utah by 25 before Nate let the bench blow it.
by BRoyInThe4th on Apr 11, 2010 11:47 PM PDT up reply actions
winning a playoff game in Utah
may be tougher than at any other WC venue
and Sloan>McMillian
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Utah fans
have been telling the refs that they suck for years, they have coregraphed whining down to a science. And Sloan knows how to work the officials and play to the mob
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Best we could hope for.
Maybe it means Brandon misses the next two games, and we lose one or both. That’s unfortunate, but not the end of the world. A torn ligament would have us all wondering if we’d win a playoff game at all… no matter who we are matched up against.
by dwaynebillybob on Apr 12, 2010 12:20 AM PDT reply actions
i dont know what bone bruise means...
just here for wishing roy all the best.
if you cant play,then dont. I could wait until next year for a healthy and happy roy taking the team to c world (along with greg.)
by chinafansheartroy on Apr 12, 2010 2:22 AM PDT reply actions
What about further results?
Initial results of Brandon Roy’s MRI confirm a right knee bone contusion. Further evaluation of MRI results on Monday. Roy is doubtful for OKC on Monday.
I read this as saying it is at least a bone bruise, maybe more.
Bone bruises have meant a few games missed for players in recent years, with a max of about 6-7 games.
I’d also speculate that there have been hundreds of bone bruises over the last 10 years with 0 game time missed. I’m also not aware of any potential further injury by playing with a bone bruise, but I’m obviously not a doctor.
Good job sitting when it felt wierd, get it checked out, don’t turn a partial tear into a full tear, etc.
Now you know what it is. Suck it up and get it going, at least by game 1 of the playoffs. Your team needs you. This is when it counts.
Roy sitting out may also do his ailing back and mangled hamstring
some good. Watching him in fast-break situations trying to get full extention out of his bad leg even hurt me.
Let’s face it, even before the knee injury – Brandon wasn’t moving too well. And Portland’s offense wasn’t very efficient at taking advantage of him getting double-teamed.
Roy Wonder’s an absolute warrior for even trying to play through all of that – but i’m not so sure he makes this team better when he’s been out there in the shape that he’s in.
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I wish I hadn't read the book by the crooked ref....
If this guy knows what he’s talking about, the outcome of the playoffs is all but decided ahead of time by the NBA and the refs. He says Sloan intimidates the heck out of the refs. On the other hand, if it came down to the L*akers vs the Jazz, the the Jazz would lose due to their lack of national fan interest and the resultant loss of viewer-ship and money for the league. The Blazers are probably toast, too, for the same reasons.
Hate to say it, but I think Donaghy’s telling it like it is.
BONE BRUISE come on now
Suck it up Nancy its a bruise its not broken!!!
Pre-game update?
Hey Bob Akamian on the pre-game just said Brandon has a torn miniscus and is day to day. Was thinking the complaint Brandon had about the buckling sounded more like a ligament than a bone bruise… so was this a slip up before the team officially said it is worse than a bone bruise????
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