"Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge made his weekly appearance on The Big Show on Thursday and talked about the injury status of Kevin Garnett. Garnett was forced to leave Wednesday night's game vs. the Pistons after injuring his right leg following a dunk in the first quarter. Garnett limped off the court and did not return.
There was some concern at first that this might be related to Garnett's surgically repaired knee, but Ainge told The Big Show that this injury isn't nearly as serious.
"Kevin had an MRI and a through examination today and it's the same as last night," said Ainge. "It's a muscle injury, a strained calf. It's actually the muscle just off the side of the leg, just below the knee. And it's not anything to do with his knee, which is great news. It's one of those injuries that may keep him out for a couple of weeks at the most, I would say (WEEI)."
Thank God. If KG went down for the year, or an extended period of time the Celtics would have no shot at winning it all. So far it sounds like he will miss 2 weeks, which actually might turn out to be a good thing, since he has been logging in way to many minutes. One thing that sucks is that Miami is so close, and there is a good chance now that they will pass the Celtics for 1st place in the East.
We have to be somewhat skeptical with this news though. Last time KG had an injury like this we were told it was nothing serious, but then it ended up keeping him out for the playoffs. I don't think it is the case this time, but something you have to keep in the back of your mind.
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