Jabari Walker's Breakout Night Ends in a Knee Injury, Ruled Out Sunday
Underdog NBA reported Walker is officially listed out for Sunday.
Jabari Walker finally got his moment in the Philadelphia 76ers' rotation on Saturday, only to have his right knee immediately decide it had seen enough.
Underdog NBA confirmed Walker is officially listed as out for Sunday's matchup against the Detroit Pistons. This comes less than 24 hours after he limped off the floor in the third quarter of a 127-116 win over the Milwaukee Bucks and never returned.
Walker was actually having a highly productive shift before the injury. He logged a season-high 12 minutes, putting up six points and three boards. For context, that is a perfectly respectable stat line for a guy whose primary job on Saturday was just being a warm body while LeBron James rested a bad back.
If you were holding a Walker prop ticket hoping for a second-half breakout against Milwaukee, you already know the pain of a mid-game void. Now, the betting markets have to adjust to a Philadelphia frontcourt that is suddenly looking thinner than a single-ply napkin.
The Sixers are staring down the second night of a back-to-back. With James dealing with his own back issues and Walker now shelved, Philadelphia is running out of big men to throw at the rim.
Walker will sit this one out against Detroit, and his timeline beyond this weekend remains a mystery. Until the Sixers release a formal update on that knee, expect their rotation to look like a random number generator.