Report: X-ray on Ben Simmons’ shoulder injury comes back negative
Philadelphia 76ers guard Ben Simmons had an X-ray performed on his right shoulder injury which came back negative, reports Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. He will be evaluated further today, Haynes also reports.
Simmons was forced to leave Wednesday night’s 106-104 road loss to the Utah Jazz after suffering what the team called right shoulder soreness. He played just 10 minutes before leaving the game, finishing with 2 points and 2 assists.
Per Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer, Simmons could barely lift his arm when he went to the locker room. The injury occurred after Simmons bumped into Royce O’Neale’s chest while posting up on a first-quarter play. After that happened, Simmons held his shoulder and tried to shake the injury off. Per Pompey, Simmons appeared to wear a heating pad on the injury while on the bench after checking out late in the quarter.
He checked back into the game with 6:56 left in the first half, but later checked himself out of the game with 5:20 left. From there, he walked straight to the locker room.
Not having their point guard on the floor altered what the Sixers were able to do in terms of containing Utah’s top playmakers.
“Defense is where we felt the pain of not having him the most,” Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said the Sixers’ 106-104 loss.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania added that the injury is a minor strain of the AC joint in the right shoulder. Simmons is expected to have the injury re-evaluated Thursday in Denver.
76ers star Ben Simmons has minor sprain of AC joint in right shoulder, re-evaluation coming Thursday in Denver.
The top overall pick in 2016, Simmons has averaged 15.0 points, 6.2 rebounds and 7.7 assists in 6 games this season.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
