Updated: March 5, 2012, 7:25 am ET

Lopez Leaves Locker Room on Crutches

By HOOPSWORLD
Basketball News & NBA Rumors

Brook Lopez left the locker room on crutches but was expected to fly with the team to Miami, where the Nets traveled to face the Heat Tuesday night.

Coach Avery Johnson said Lopez, who the Nets said turned his right ankle, had the ankle X-rayed, but the coach did not say whether the X-rays were negative, replying only, “He’s gonna to get reevaluated (today).”

via Colin Stephenson of The Star-Ledger

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