Well, boom goes the dynamite.
That's the sound of the Utah Jazz playoff window crumbling to the ground below after sustaining another devastating injury.
Starting center Memo Okur ruptured his left Achilles tendon Saturday night in Denver in Game One of the first-round matchup with the Nuggets.
Okur, already bothered by a lingering Achilles issue on the same foot, received an injection 90 minutes prior to the series tip off.
The rupture occurred as Okur was driving to the basket in the second quarter and a took and awkward step and as he described, "felt something pop."
Jazz general manager Kevin O'Connor said that the timetable for this specific injury is three to six months, but traditionally could be a lot longer than expected.
Philadelphia 76ers forward Elton Brand ruptured his Achilles tendon on Aug. 3, 2007 and was not able to return to action until April 6, 2008.
Former Jazz center Felton Spencer missed 11 months after suffering the same injury.
To say the injury bug bit Utah at the most inopportune time would be an understatement.
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Article written by Christopher Kamrani
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