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Damian Lillard out at least 10 days with abdominal injury
Portland Trail Blazers guard Damian Lillard. Darren Yamashita-USA TODAY Sports

Trail Blazers' Damian Lillard out at least 10 days with abdominal tendinopathy

The Portland Trail Blazers improved to 11-11 via Tuesday's 110-92 win over the Detroit Pistons and did so without All-Star Damian Lillard in the lineup as he sat to manage a lingering abdominal injury.

Lillard won't be returning to action anytime soon. 

Via an official statement, Portland president of basketball operations Neil Olshey announced Wednesday that an MRI confirmed Lillard is dealing with lower abdominal tendinopathy and will be out for 10 days before he's re-evaluated. That timeline has the 31-year-old set to miss a minimum of four additional games as he works to get right. 

Additionally, the Trail Blazers said forward Nassir Little will be sidelined at least a week with a left ankle sprain he suffered in Monday's loss at the Utah Jazz. 

As noted by ESPN, Lillard first experienced the setback while featuring for Team USA at the Olympics this past summer. The six-time All-Star selection is averaging 21.5 points, 7.8 assists, and 4.0 rebounds across 20 games this season. 

Portland hosts the 6-13 San Antonio Spurs on Thursday evening. 

Zac Wassink

Zac Wassink is a longtime sports news writer and PFWA member who began his career in 2006 and has had his work featured on Yardbarker, MSN, Yahoo Sports and Bleacher Report. He is also a football and futbol aficionado who is probably yelling about Tottenham Hotspur at the moment and who chanted for Matt Harvey to start the ninth inning of Game 5 of the 2015 World Series at Citi Field. You can find him on X at @ZacWassink

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