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Cavaliers guard Ricky Rubio out for season with torn ACL suffered vs. Pelicans [Video]

By Elsie A. Dotson 6 months ago

Ricky Rubio was having a tremendous showing at the Smoothie King Center on Tuesday.

But with just minutes to go, Rubio’s night ended prematurely after his left knee buckled beneath him — which sent the Cleveland Cavaliers point guard crumbling to the ground in pain. By Wednesday afternoon, his season was over.

Rubio tore his left ACL in the final stretch of the Cavaliers’ 108-104 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, officially ending his season.

Rubio started driving past Devonte’ Graham through the lane late in the fourth quarter on Tuesday night when he slipped awkwardly just after crossing the free throw line. As he started to go down, Rubio’s left knee bent back awkwardly.

Rubio instantly grabbed his left knee once he was down on the court and started waving for help from the bench, clearly in pain.

Rubio was then helped off the court and back

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Ricky Rubio’s injury lowers Cavs’ playoff ceiling, but defense, favorable schedule should help sustain success

By Elsie A. Dotson 6 months ago

Ricky Rubio knew something was wrong as soon as he went down. The Cleveland Cavaliers faithful held their collective breath late in the Cavs’ 108-104 road loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Tuesday, hoping that Rubio’s waving gesticulations with his right hand were to indicate that he was going to be OK, rather than a plea for attention from the Cleveland Cavaliers training staff. The severity of the injury revealed itself just minutes later as Rubio was helped to the locker room without putting any pressure on his left leg.

On Wednesday, the worst suspicions were confirmed when ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that Rubio had suffered a torn ACL in his left knee on the play, and will miss the remainder of the season.

It’s a devastating blow for the Cavs, who at 20-14 are the league’s biggest surprise success story of the season. A 10-year NBA vet, Rubio

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Ricky Rubio injury update: Cavaliers guard out for remainder of season with torn ACL

By Elsie A. Dotson 6 months ago
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The Cleveland Cavaliers are this season’s most surprising success story, and Ricky Rubio has been a major part of what they’ve been doing. Unfortunately, the veteran guard went down with a knee injury in the Cavs’ 108-104 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans Tuesday night. The team announced Wednesday Rubio will miss the remainder of the season after an MRI confirmed he suffered a torn ACL to his left knee.

Losing Rubio is a major blow to Cleveland, which currently sits as the East’s No. 5 seed with the league’s fourth-best point differential. 

In the closing minutes of of Cleveland’s 108-104 loss to the Pelicans on Tuesday, Rubio appeared to slip, and subsequently his left knee gave out when he planted as he was driving through the paint. 

He went down in clear pain and grabbed at his knee immediately. 

Rubio was helped to the locker room by

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How long is Ricky Rubio out? Injury timeline, return date, latest update on Cavaliers guard

By Elsie A. Dotson 6 months ago

Through his play early in the 2021-22 season with the Cavaliers, Ricky Rubio had seemed to have re-invented himself once again and was beginning to look really comfortable. 

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As timing would have it, he seemed to have suffered a serious left knee injury. Here’s all we know about Ricky Rubio’s injury situation:

What is Ricky Rubio’s injury?

With 2:20 left in the game against the New Orleans Pelicans, Rubio was forced to leave the game after he seemed to have injured his left knee. 

Until that point, the Spaniard guard had nearly recorded a triple-double with 27 points, 13 rebounds and nine assists as he attempted to spark the Cavaliers to a victory. 

He was

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