SAN ANTONIO -- Between luck and a quality health and performance staff, the Portland Trail Blazers have managed to stay relatively injury-free this season. In fact, according to the website Man-Games Lost, the Trail Blazers have missed the second-fewest number of games due to injury during the 2015-16 campaign.
But Portland will unfortunately add to that number, as the team announced Wednesday afternoon after their practice at Trinity University in San Antonio that Meyers Leonard would miss at least Thursday's game versus San Antonio after dislocating his left shoulder. Leonard suffered the injury while playing five-on-five during Portland's practice Wednesday afternoon.
This is the second time this season that Leonard has dislocated his left shoulder, as he missed seven games after suffering the same injury in Portand's 113-101 loss to the Spurs back on Nov. 11. Leonard starting the first nine games of the season but has served as a reserve, with Noah Vonleh starting at power forward, since the injury.
Now in his fourth season, Leonard is averaging 8.4 points on 45 percent shooting from the field and 38 percent shooting from three, 4.1 rebounds and 1.5 assists in 21.9 minutes per game this season.