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Favor's Knee

Ellis269 said:
All the attention right now is on #1.) Rudy's injury, #2.) Joe Johnson's game winner, #3.) Gordon Hayward's quietly solid, team-oriented, crash-the-boards game and #4.) Jingle's defensive effort and high basketball IQ.

But even with all those things combined. . . this game is a blowout loss without Derek Favors putting in the game that he did. He hasn't been healthy all year and has missed a number of games recently. He's not nearly in the right kind of shape to be playing over 30 minutes in a playoff game. And yet, he did. And he contributed key points, rebounds and defensive stops.

TBH, I think a lot of fans had written him off after all the injuries this year. Many think the team is better off trading him this offseason. I hope that his efforts in the playoffs will end that chatter. Considering all he's gone through this season to get back onto the court. . . Derek Favors had a phenomenal game.
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Agreed. He did a great job and we really need him back in true Favors form.
 
I heard the announcers say he was limping but we saw no evidence of that, and Fav himself said his knee was fine. He said he just hasn't played that many minutes in a long time. Understandable if he was pooped.
 
Would Favors tell us if his knee was anythign other than fine? Usually these guys don't want to reveal any weakness they may have.
 
jazzfan1971 said:
Would Favors tell us if his knee was anythign other than fine? Usually these guys don't want to reveal any weakness they may have.
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He's been pretty vocal about it all year, so yes, I think he would have at least been cagey about it if it was still bothering him. "My knee feels pretty good," or "everyone's a little banged up right now, so I'm just going to keep playing." Stuff like that. Instead he straight up said the knee feels no pain right now. He wouldn't be so specific, IMO, if it wasn't true.
 
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