MILWAUKEE — Cam Johnson, the Nets’ most constant participant all season, bought damage on the second-to-last play of their 113-110 win in Milwaukee.
The ahead turned his ankle and had X-rays Thursday night time at Fiserv Discussion board.
Johnson advised the Publish the imaging got here up damaging, so he and the Nets averted the potential worst-case situation.
Nonetheless, Johnson was on crutches after the victory and in clear discomfort.
It was arduous to place a downer on a street win at a stable Bucks group — whose draft choose the Nets occur to personal — however this was it.
The Nets had allowed a 20-2 Milwaukee run, however held on within the ultimate seconds.
Damian Lillard missed a possible tying 3-pointer with 4.1 ticks left in regulation.
Johnson and Ziaire Williams each went for the defensive rebound, and it appeared Johnson got here down on the latter’s foot, inflicting him to lose the ball out of bounds.
Johnson hopped off the ground with a tweaked ankle, and Milwaukee was awarded the ball with six-tenths of a second left, and Lillard missed a 35-foot heave.
However now the Nets could also be lacking their most constant participant.
“Yeah, man, I feel real sh–ty about that,” Williams stated. “All I know is it was super loud, trying to get the ball, and Cam was behind me. Yeah, I don’t know (what happened). I have to look back. But yeah, man, I kind of ruined the night. I hope it’s nothing serious. I feel really bad right now, I can’t lie to you, man. Yeah, it sucks when you get hurt in a fashion like that.”
Johnson had a team-high 26 factors on 10-of-16 capturing, and 6-of-12 from behind the arc.
After Thursday, Johnson is averaging a career-high 19.5 factors on white-hot .496/.436/.895 capturing splits.
Now he’s gone down, with no readability as to how lengthy.
“Yeah, it’s tough. It’s tough to see CJ go down like that,” Cam Thomas advised The Publish. He had 24 factors Thursday in simply his second outing after lacking a month himself with left hamstring woes.
“And me dealing with what I’m dealing with is tough. But we’ve still got enough guys in here to play; we’ve got to go out there and keep playing. I’m gonna keep fighting through, keep fighting through it, keep playing. Give my all for the guys who can’t. I’m going to just keep going. Hopefully CJ is well though.”
Johnson is predicted to be among the many most sought-after gamers obtainable on the commerce deadline, and his 3-point capturing has been the engine for Brooklyn’s offense.
“Yeah, unfortunate. Unfortunate,” D’Angelo Russell stated. “He’s a strong guy, though. I know he’ll be back soon, and he’ll be back stronger. I’m not worried about him. He’ll be alright.”
Williams had eight factors and 6 rebounds to complete plus-12 in his first sport again after lacking the previous dozen with a left knee damage.
Keon Johnson had a career-high 9 rebounds.
