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The 32-year-old, a former champion with the Golden State
Warriors, signed as a free agent with Cleveland for the
remainder of the campaign last week and joined the team before
Monday's game after resolving visa issues.
However, with 11:38 left in the second quarter, Bogut ran out to
the perimeter to guard Miami's Okaro White and the pair made
contact, with the Australian landing badly on his left ankle and
hobbling before falling to the court.
His new team mates helped carry him to the locker room and the
Cavaliers later said X-rays revealed a fracture that could end
his season.
"It's very deflating," Cleveland forward LeBron James told
reporters after the Cavaliers' 106-98 defeat.
"As soon as the collision happened, I heard a break. When I went
over to him and he said it, I already knew, I heard it crack,"
he added.
When he was carried off, it was like the air had been sucked out
of the building and the Cavs seemed to be distracted by the
incident after talking with Bogut in the locker room at halftime
before he was sent to the hospital.
"How would you think his spirit's like? He played 58 seconds,"
James added. "And to have an injury like that to take you out
for the rest of the season, possibly, and you really, there's
not much you can say."
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by John
O'Brien)
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