Derrick Rose's return to the Chicago Bulls lineup this season has not been as successful as expected in the early going, and things took a grave turn for the worse on Friday evening.
The superstar point guard exited the team's 98-95 road loss to the Portland Trail Blazers with a right knee injury with 3:20 left in the third quarter. He had to be helped into the locker-room tunnel, unable to walk under his own power.
Head coach Tom Thibodeau didn't exactly offer words of comfort regarding Rose's status after the game.
NBA.com revealed bad news from the MRI:
Subsequent examinations and an MRI confirmed a medial meniscus tear to his right knee, which will require surgery. Rose is out indefinitely, and will not accompany the team on the rest of its current road trip.
The 25-year-old Rose tore the ACL in his left knee which kept him out for the entire 2012-13 campaign and caused him to miss a shot at a potential NBA title run in the 2012 postseason.
While some initially feared that Rose had torn his other ACL, the news was at least good in that respect. A meniscus ...
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