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I beg your pardon. Not to us. Game article from Sporting News.
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Rio Olympics 2016: Sue Bird injury creates smidge of drama for U.S. women's basketball team
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It's hard to say, but injuries that occur like her's where a player merely lands awkwardly are often the most serious. It was the left knee and she looked as if she'd felt something. I'm hoping for the best.
 
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The p-word is just about the worst news possible for Sue. That's a signature ACL thing.

Other teams have also lost key players to injury (France, Spain), and it may be the U.S.'s turn to do so. However, if there was ever a team deep enough to absorb the adversity, it's this team. The other 11 will be extra motivated to rally around their injured leader.
 
"...The only downbeat outcome of the game for the U.S. was that Sue Bird, the team's four-time Olympic point guard, left the game after suffering an undisclosed knee injury in a second-quarter collision. On the advice of the team trainer and doctors, she didn't return. When asked after the game if she was OK as she was walking through the mixed zone press area, Bird nodded and said, "Oh yeah...."

Taurasi said, "Hopefully everything will check out OK in the morning."
 
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I remember reading Nykesha Sales' lips after her all against ND late in her senior year.....that led to the 'gift basket'.
She said that she heard something 'pop'. Torn achilles tendon....hope for something different here.
 
Saw this photo on the USA BB twitter feed - it shows Sue standing (at left), with no visible wrap or brace on the knee, at least at this point. (The photo was taken after the game, not before.) "Pops" are never good with the knee, but I wonder about the lack of wrap/brace and hope that it's a good sign.

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USA BB twitter has a much larger version of this photo - here
 
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VAMike23 said:
Saw this photo on the USA BB twitter feed - it shows Sue standing (at left), with no visible wrap or brace on the knee, at least at this point. (The photo was taken after the game, not before.) "Pops" are never good with the knee, but I wonder about the lack of wrap/brace and hope that it's a good sign.

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USA BB twitter has a much larger version of this photo - here
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In the third quarter USA dropped a 3 and as Japan called a time out Sue rose to her feet, arms raised. Gave me some hope.
 
As the proud owner of two badly beat up knees, I can tell you that they pop all the time. Your ligaments loosen up and the joint moves, much like a "trick" shoulder.

There are pops, and then there are pops. A torn ligament is VERY painful; I saw no sign of that, nor any sign of the usual treatment. Positive thoughts.
 
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You can easily walk with a torn ACL. if that is what she has, you expect her to play?
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I remember after CDoty had one of her ACL injuries during fall practice or scrimmage, she said she felt a mild pop but didn't know what had really happened until later. She barely had any discomfort at all, if any, at the time. Contrast with other times where the pain is terrible and you can't walk at all. This includes other of CDoty's ACL injuries, which were quite painful, IIRC. It's a crazy injury! I had a friend who tore his in high school during a pickup game and he had to be carried off the court. Still remember his screams. But often (as you point out) it's nothing like that and you can still get around.

My late uncle tore his ACL on the ski slopes when he was younger and it was never repaired. He gave up skiing after that because he could only execute left turns -- not right turns! If he tried turning right, his leg wouldn't respond correctly and he would promptly find his a*s in the snow.
 
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J Moore did. ;)
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Not sure that I am 100% on this, but wasn't that in the NC her senior year?

I think that, had this been the Gold Medal game and the US was in trouble, we might have seen a fist-fight between Bird and Auriemma (you KNOW Geno wouldn't let her come back in and risk further injury).

I wonder who would win that fight? My money is on Bird, three rounds, TKO.
 
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Well that is about as good as we could have hoped! Whether or not she plays again this Olympics, it sounds as if it is something that should resolve fairly soon! And no operation!
 
Ok. Then I was mostly right. The knee capsule is to the knee what the "rotator cuff" is to the shoulder, in that there is no such thing; it is a collection of structures that the doctors point at and say "It's in there, somewhere". A sprain like this is basically saying "She hurt her knee, but nothing serious or specific", which is pretty much happens when you jamb a knee, or a wrist, or some such.

Glad to hear it. Positive waves.
 
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