Zalgiris Kaunas obtained encouraging information concerning Jonas Valanciunas after the veteran heart was pressured to go away the staff’s 112-78 preseason victory over Baku Sabah.
Valanciunas lasted solely three minutes after colliding with teammate Marius Grigonis throughout a first-quarter play.
He instantly grabbed his decrease proper leg and was finally dominated out for the rest of the competition.
Regardless of the early exit, head coach Tomas Masiulis indicated that the damage doesn’t seem like important.
Based on Masiulis, Valanciunas even believed he might have continued taking part in, however Zalgiris determined there was little motive to take an opportunity throughout a preseason sport.
“He mentioned he might have performed, however we didn’t wish to take any dangers. It was only a bruise to the leg and it doesn’t appear to be something critical, however they’ll take one other look and we’ll have extra data. I can’t say something extra proper now,” Masiulis mentioned.
Valanciunas remained on the bench with ice on the affected space for the remainder of the primary half. He didn’t return after the break, as an alternative spending the second half within the locker room.
The 34-year-old completed with out scoring throughout his transient look, ending a powerful begin to his preseason marketing campaign.
In Zalgiris’ earlier two video games towards Riga Zelli and Juventus Utena, Valanciunas averaged 17 factors and 9 rebounds.
