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Duke freshman guard Kyrie Irving is in a precautionary walking boot and could miss Wednesday’s game with Bradley.
“[He] sat out practice today [Monday] and [is] still being evaluated,” a Duke spokesman said by text. “Safe to say he could miss Wednesday’s game.”
Irving, a native of West Orange, N.J. who starred at St. Patrick, injured his right toe late in the second half of Saturday’s victory over Butler at the Izod Center. He appeared to get caught up with Butler’s Matt Howard on the wing.
“I think I stumped my big toe and I had to come out the game,” he said then.
Irving re-entered the game and later said he was “alright.” He finished with 21 points.
Irving on Monday was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.
Last week he led Duke to a 2-0 record by averaging 26.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the two wins over No. 6 Michigan State and Butler.
FoxSports.com first reported the news.
(Photo courtesy GoDuke.com)
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Adam Zagoria is a Basketball Insider who covers basketball at all levels. A contributor to The New York Times and SportsNet New York (SNY), he is also the author of two books and is an award-winning journalist and filmmaker. His articles have appeared in ESPN The Magazine, SLAM, Sheridan Hoops, Basketball Times and in newspapers nationwide. He also won an Emmy award for his work on the SNY mini-documentary on Syracuse guard Tyus Battle.
A veteran Ultimate Frisbee player, he has competed in numerous National and World Championships and, perhaps more importantly, his teams won the Westchester Summer League (WSL) championships in 2011 and 2013.
He lives in Manhattan with his wife and children.
Duke freshman guard Kyrie Irving is in a precautionary walking boot and could miss Wednesday’s game with Bradley.
“[He] sat out practice today [Monday] and [is] still being evaluated,” a Duke spokesman said by text. “Safe to say he could miss Wednesday’s game.”
Irving, a native of West Orange, N.J. who starred at St. Patrick, injured his right toe late in the second half of Saturday’s victory over Butler at the Izod Center. He appeared to get caught up with Butler’s Matt Howard on the wing.
“I think I stumped my big toe and I had to come out the game,” he said then.
Irving re-entered the game and later said he was “alright.” He finished with 21 points.
Irving on Monday was named ACC Rookie of the Week for the third time this season.
Last week he led Duke to a 2-0 record by averaging 26.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game in the two wins over No. 6 Michigan State and Butler.
FoxSports.com first reported the news.
(Photo courtesy GoDuke.com)
And like ZAGS on Facebook.
