{"id":427797,"date":"2023-02-28T02:34:06","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T07:34:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/ca\/?post_type=news&#038;p=427797"},"modified":"2023-02-28T15:37:59","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T20:37:59","slug":"lamelo-balls-season-could-be-over-after-breaking-ankle","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/news\/lamelo-balls-season-could-be-over-after-breaking-ankle\/","title":{"rendered":"LaMelo Ball&#8217;s season could be over after breaking ankle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball\u2019s injury-plagued season could be over after he broke his right ankle during his team&#8217;s 117-106 victory over the <a href=\"https:\/\/7sport.net\/en\/nba\/team\/detroit-pistons\/\">Detroit Pistons<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LaMelo Ball had to leave the game early after suffering a non contact injury <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt popped. I heard it pop.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SYZZVXkafZ\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/SYZZVXkafZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; NBA Retweet (@RTNBA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTNBA\/status\/1630389035825807360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">The 21-year-old Ball has already missed 27 games this season after he sprained his left ankle on three separate occasions, beginning in the preseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Ball and the Hornets (20-43) were playing their best basketball of the season before the point guard fell to the floor on a non-contact play in the third quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">X-rays revealed the fracture to Ball\u2019s ankle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">\u201cIt sucks,\u201d Hornets swingman Gordon Hayward said, shaking his head. \u201cInjuries are the worst part of the game.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">The point guard had entered the game with five straight double-doubles and appeared on his way to another with 18 points, six rebounds and five assists before leaving with 9:26 left in the period.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-67 p Component-p-0-2-58\">Ball was also shooting the ball extremely well from deep, having made 47.3% (27 of 57) of his 3-point shots over the last five games. 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