Max Strus injury update: Image via: Getty Images
The 6-foot-5 forward came off a screen, caught a pass from Darius Garland, and hopped away from the play on one leg. Max Strus was five minutes into his Clippers debut when a routine cut turned ugly. Coach Ty Lue called a timeout. Strus walked to the locker room and never came back to the preseason opener against the Golden State Warriors. The play itself looked ordinary. Strus ran off a screen with Stephen Curry chasing him, took the pass from Garland on the wing, and seemed to tweak something right after the catch. He hopped on the left foot to get away from the action. No other player was close enough to blame, so this looks like a non-contact injury. Lue stopped the game, and Strus went to see the team doctors. Clippers reporter Joey Linn relayed that the forward would not return with a right foot injury. There is one encouraging detail. This time the right foot is involved, so it does not appear to be a flare-up of the old break. Strus arrived in August through a five-team trade centered on Peyton Watson, which makes this a first look at the fit that got cut short.
Max Strus went down on Sunday night with a little over seven minutes left in the first quarter.