Gortat`s injury

[NickAnderson 14]

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Looks like Orlando Magic fans can breathe a sigh of relief about backup center Marcin Gortat, who reportedly injured his back Friday while playing for the Polish national team in the Game On at the O2 tournament in London.

 

The injury is not serious, according to Mark Woods, a United Kingdom-based journalist who is on the scene at London's O2 Arena, where Poland is scheduled to face Hedo Turkoglu and the Turkish national team today.

 

Woods has just reported that Gortat has had further exams on his back and that Polish national team officials are saying Gortat will miss only five to seven days of action. But Gortat should be available to play in next month's EuroBasket 2009 tournament in Poland.

[Rico 0]

Anybody has a link to Poland and turkey game?

[Emory889 353]

This thread reminds me how Gortat originally got his nickname.

[Ryan the Magic Fan 253]

Well hopefully its nothing to serious. it doesnt sound like it is so will just cross our fingers and hope it stays that way.

 

cause back injuries are tricky guys... they simply do not go away and can harass a player for the rest of their career.

[Rimsh 0]

Maybe that's what reports want you to think, but he really hurt his back by doing this

[NickAnderson 14]

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Originally posted by Rimsh:

Maybe that's what reports want you to think, but he really hurt his back by doing this

 

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[Leoben 0]

Marcin is fine, was playing full games this week with Polish national team in pre eurobasket tournament

 

Close loss against Spain (P.Gasol injured)88-83

Marcin stats:

37 min, 6 pts (3/7), 16 reb, 2 stl, 2 blk, 3 turnovers

 

And before he was playing also against Israel large win 82-67

Marin got 13 pts (5/9), 8 reb, 5 as, 5 blk, 1 stl

[VinceCarter4life 69]

good thing we have.

 

Dwight Howard

[Tatoo Magoo 1]

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Originally posted by ThuglifeJ:

good thing we have.

 

Dwight Howard

 

No need to gripe about a guy who will be playing 10 minutes a game.

[deadman54 7]

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Originally posted by Leoben:

Marcin is fine, was playing full games this week with Polish national team in pre eurobasket tournament

 

Close loss against Spain (P.Gasol injured)88-83

Marcin stats:

37 min, 6 pts (3/7), 16 reb, 2 stl, 2 blk, 3 turnovers

 

And before he was playing also against Israel large win 82-67

Marin got 13 pts (5/9), 8 reb, 5 as, 5 blk, 1 stl

 

we knew he was ok and had played iseral

let old threads die please

[Knappy 0]

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Originally posted by ball junkie:

RealGM had an update on Marcin this morning...

 

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Briefing: by the end of the 3rd quarter of the international game against United Kingdom, Marcin tried to do an alley-oop, but he failed to catch the ball properly and fell straight on his back. He was lying on the floor for some minutes and after this time went to the locker room with the help of his teammate and one of the staff members. Hopefully, as Marcin himself mentioned that "It's nothing serious", there is a belief he just strained his back muscle.

At present, nobody knows whether he will play today against Israel and on Sunday against Turkey. Only thing they know for sure is that Marcin will stay with the Polish national team until EuroBasket 2009 and he is expected to be fully recovered.

 

Just to let you know - at the end Poland won second straight game after beating Croatia.

 

The game with Croatia was Gortat's best performance with 22 pts and 13 rbs -

 

Wow, Gortat with 22 pts. and 13 rebounds and only played 3 quarters...we got ourselves a heck of a back-up center!!!

 

Here's a link to watch a replay of the game...I couldn't get it to work...

 

http://sport.tvp.pl/koszykowka...mecz-polskachorwacja

 

You all forget - you can't hurt Gortat - it is the Gortat - not a normal human being.

[Luke_FfS 248]

Good luck to Marcin as his team start today the european league.

He's playing very well in his first game.

 

Not in English link:

http://www.atdhe.net/8131/watch-poland-vs-bulgaria