Every morning, we'll give you five things from the night before in the NBA to start your day.
1: Is Chauncey Billups done?
With six minutes left in regulation against Orlando, Clippers guard Chauncey Billups took a hard cut forward to chase a long rebound after back-pedaling. His left Achilles couldn't handle the force of the cut, and Billups went down.
Achilles injuries are horribly painful and take long amounts of time to heal, even when they're not serious. When they are serious, it takes a massive amount of time and energy to heal and recover. A ruptured Achilles, which is the worst case scenario, wouldn't just end Billups season... it might end his career.
If it is ruptured, and we'll find out today when Billups gets an MRI, he might be ready for training camp next season. And that's if Billups wants to go through six months of recovery and rehab. Let me rephrase that. He'll have to go through all that anyway, but it will have to be mu...
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