{"id":4820,"date":"2011-03-24T15:19:35","date_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4820"},"modified":"2011-03-24T15:19:35","modified_gmt":"2011-03-24T19:19:35","slug":"duncan%e2%80%99s-recovery-still-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=4820","title":{"rendered":"Duncan\u2019s Recovery Still Unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 <strong>Tim Duncan<\/strong> is on crutches and the San Antonio Spurs don\u2019t know when he\u2019ll be back.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan<\/strong> passed an MRI test Tuesday with no signs of structural damage in his sprained left ankle. The Spurs won\u2019t know how long the 34-year-old might be out until later this week, but <strong>Duncan<\/strong> will miss at least the next three games as the NBA\u2019s winningest team tries to clinch the West\u2019s No. 1 seed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Duncan<\/strong> sprained the ankle Monday night in a win over Golden State. Four minutes had barely passed in the game when <strong>Duncan<\/strong>, after making a short jumper, landed awkwardly on his left foot and collapsed beneath the basket.<\/p>\n<p>The two-time MVP lay clutching the foot for more than a minute in the scariest moment for the Spurs all season. San Antonio has reclaimed its place atop the NBA behind the durability of <strong>Duncan<\/strong>, <strong>Tony Parker<\/strong> and <strong>Manu Ginobili<\/strong> after injuries derailed the four-time champions the last few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN ANTONIO \u2014 Tim Duncan is on crutches and the San Antonio Spurs don\u2019t know when he\u2019ll be back. Duncan passed an MRI test Tuesday with no signs of structural damage in his sprained left ankle. The Spurs won\u2019t know how long the 34-year-old might be out until later this week, but Duncan will miss [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":210,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","pmpro-has-access"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/210"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4820"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4820\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}