Kobe Bryant's knee injury is much more serious than originally anticipated. The Los Angeles Lakers announced the disappointing news:
Injury Update: Kobe Bryant has a fracture of the lateral tibial plateau in his left knee. He is expected to miss 6 weeks.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 19, 2013 Kobe Tweeted about the news:
#BrokenNotBeaten
— Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) December 19, 2013 Ramona Shelburne of ESPN.com and Mike Trudell of Lakers.com provide context for the injury:
Kobe hyperextended the knee in third quarter, meaning he played 4th quarter with fracture in knee
— Ramona Shelburne (@ramonashelburne) December 19, 2013 The play in question came as he was backing Tony Allen down into the post, and appeared to hyper-extend the knee.
— Mike Trudell (@LakersReporter) December 19, 2013 CBS Sports' Ken Berger has more details on Bryant's rehab plan:
Kobe Bryant will not need surgery on his leg fracture, league source tells @CBSSports: "The bone will heal."
— Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) December 19, 2013 The Lakers pass along Mike D'Antoni's thoughts on the situation:
D’Antoni: “You hate it for Kobe. He’s worked so hard to get back.” @XavierHenry will take over PG duties for the short-handed Lakers.
— Los Angeles Lakers (@Lakers) December 19, 2013 Read more Los Angeles Lakers news on BleacherReport.com
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