The Oklahoma City Thunder’s injury list got longer during the game against the Portland Trail Blazers. The team announced on Sunday that big Isaiah Roby and wing Josh Hall sustained concussions in the Saturday night matchup.
Hall exited the game at the 5:13 mark of the second quarter. He finished with two points, two rebounds and two assists in 11 minutes.
Roby, who played in all four quarters, had five points and five rebounds.
There are now three Thunder players in concussion protocol upon the latest update. Lu Dort suffered on a little more than a week ago, on April 27. There has not been an update on him for several days, so he may be nearing a return. Oklahoma City hopes he can soon, because the Thunder are now low on players.
Oklahoma City’s injury list has included Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (plantar fasciitis), Darius Bazley (left foot contusion), Al Horford (shut down), Mike Muscala (ankle) and Dort (concussion) for quite some time now. The team is running out of depth with the injuries piling up.
Hall has seen the bulk of his action since the All-Star break. In five appearances since then, he played 20 minutes in all but the game he suffered the concussion in, and is averaging 4.6 points and 2.8 boards per game during that time.
Roby is averaging 8.9 points and 5.7 rebounds and 1.8 assists in 23.4 minutes per game this season.
If Dort remains unavailable, Kenrich Williams would likely take Roby’s spot in the starting lineup and Aleksej Pokusevski would rotate up to the power forward position.
