[外電] Oden goes down, and the Blazers' season takes a major hi

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Oden goes down, and the Blazers' season takes a major hit
Saturday, December 5 | 10:34 p.m.


PORTLAND — Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden went down. The Rose
Garden became silent. And the Blazers' once promising season was delivered a
major, unexpected blow.


Oden fractured the patella in his left knee Saturday night. He will undergo
surgery to address the injury, and will likely miss the remainder of the
season, the Blazers said.

"I'm obviously disappointed having worked so hard to get where I was," Oden
said in a team-released statement. "This is a setback, but I'll be back.

"It's in God's hands now. I want to thank the fans, my teammates and everyone
in the Blazers family for all of their good thoughts."

Oden's injury occurred with 7 minutes, 45 seconds left in the first quarter
of a contest the Blazers won, 90-89, before a sold-out crowd of 20,555.

Brandon Roy, who scored a game-high 28 points, sank a shot with 3 seconds
remaining to help Portland end a three-game losing streak.

Oden was attempting to defend a layup attempt by Houston Rockets guard Aaron
Brooks. The Portland (13-8) center immediately fell to the ground after
colliding with Brooks, grabbed his knee, and began writhing in pain.

However, Oden did not appear to hurt his knee when he hit Brooks — the
injury seemed to occur when Oden first jumped in the air.

Blazers general manager Kevin Pritchard referred to Oden's injury as being
the "non-impact" type.

"For him to go through this, it's just unfortunate for him," Portland coach
Nate McMillan said. "Because he worked hard to get through this year."

Blazers teammates such as Roy, Steve Blake, Martell Webster and LaMarcus
Aldridge hovered around Oden while he was attended to by medical staff
members, and the Rose Garden crowd chanted his name on several occasions.

Oden stayed on the floor for eight minutes. A stretcher was then wheeled out
and he was carried off the court.

Oden was later brought to the Rebound Orthopedic facility in the Rose Quarter
for a magnetic imaging resonance test before an announcement was made about
his injury.

"He felt like he was letting everybody down," Roy said. "But I told him you
can't think like that. (He's) just got to do his best to get healthy, and
we'll do our best to continue to play basketball."

Oden came into Saturday's game averaging 11.7 points, 8.8 rebounds and 2.4
blocks per contest, while shooting 60.5 percent from the field. He left the
contest with three rebounds and zero points in four minutes of action.

The Blazers center recorded a career-high 20 rebounds in Portland's 107-100
home loss to the Miami Heat on Dec. 1, and was playing the best basketball of
his career before the injury.

"Tonight was a setback, there's no doubt about that," said Pritchard, who
added that the loss of Oden felt like a "punch to the gut."

Oden was chosen by the Blazers with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2007 NBA
Draft. He missed his first year due to microfracture surgery on his right
knee, and struggled with injuries during an inconsistent rookie season.

But Oden worked hard last summer to shed weight, strengthen his body and
improve his game. He achieved all his goals. And his early-season success had
forced McMillan to alter Portland's offense to make room for Oden's ascension.

But Oden's injury changes everything.

A Blazers season that began with promise and high expectations has been
derailed by major injuries. Portland forwards Travis Outlaw, Nicolas Batum
and Jeff Pendergraph are all inactive, as is guard Patty Mills.

Outlaw and Batum are not expected to return to action until at least
February, while Pendergraph has yet to play this season.

In addition, Aldridge, Rudy Fernandez and even McMillan have battled injuries
this season.

But Oden's setback is unquestionably the biggest to date. And it left
Pritchard wondering if he would have to make a move to replace Oden and keep
the Blazers' flickering hopes alive.

"Anytime you lose a player of Greg's stature, you're not going to be as
good," Pritchard said. "But we built this team to withstand some injuries.
The challenging part for me is, sometimes life's not fair.

"And I've seen this kid work his tail off. He's put in the work, and he's
done absolutely everything we asked him to do and more."

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推 MinShooter:我想寫個"慘"字
推 kevinc921: "non-impact" type...orz
推 tliu223:好慘 oden歇了 搞不好A米真的會被拿去換sf了
→ otblue:本季戰績報銷.那就拿來練貝勒吧.強烈希望換掉旋轉門和AGG..
推 john7420:AGG和Oden都需要找人教低位 單打腳步都很缺乏
→ and1018:現在Y!NBA首頁是Oden倒地的畫面 好恐怖
→ and1018:http://tinyurl.com/yjawqnj
→ and1018:膝蓋骨整個凹進去.....
推 VincentFan:幹....
推 otblue:看起來膝蓋跟他的臉一樣老...
推 dakkk:真的是阻咒嗎  別人的中鋒都不會這樣 @@
→ tliu223:我火去年連續掛掉2個C 湖人的bynum也是連續2年大修
→ tliu223:如今流行的是大個中距離跳投 好好保護自己的膝蓋先
推 dakkk:好想要籃網的Lopez
推 AdamHmc:Oden加油
推 reaper317:AGG真的很不長進 空有身高和身材 整天中投
→ and1018:膝蓋傷還沒全好 雖然可能不是真的導致中投的原因
推 shumman:AGG今天其實打得挺鳥的 大前鋒這塊一直被打
推 qoomilk:AGG在低潮嗎???
→ precision:今天那球顯然是Blake跟不上小AB 但是Oden付出代價
推 jack0124:囧問題解決了?
推 voon:該不會有人把插NATE的針刺到冏登身上吧～出來自首...
→ taroa:Oden 果然沒有吃阿鈣  人不能不服老啊
推 knight0123:總是傷到錯的人,這季讓人好無言啊~~~
推 monkeyleo:剛從圖書館回來就看到這種噩耗........
→ monkeyleo:Blake這種雞肋球員難怪都沒事 因為跟不上 也就沒碰撞
推 allizon:Blake那種打法我看十年都不會有重大傷害
推 hbket:去總板看看那張圖，真的太可怕了...
推 allizon:接下來Victor Claver會被拉上來NBA嗎?
推 knight0123:今年要快點去拜一下,希望不要再有人受傷了,大家快好啊
推 lovefordidi:Oden加油 我還是會支持你
→ lovefordidi:http://www.facebook.com/gregoden?ref=ts 本人的FB
→ sneak: 我想寫個"慘"字 https://daxiv.com
→ muxiv: 本季戰績報銷.那就拿來 http://yofuk.com