Ivica Zubac will miss next four weeks with calf strain

Janis Carr @janiscarr
Plumlee holding things down with Zubac on the bench. Has 13 points, four rebounds – 11:46 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Chet Holmgren tried to do Mason Plumlee like he did Zu in OKC… and Mase don’t play that lol – 11:35 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Ivica Zubac is on the sideline tonight, where he will be until the Clippers re-evaluate him in one month. News story from earlier:
latimes.com/sports/clipper… – 10:17 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
With the injured Ivica Zubac watching from the bench, tonight’s starting center Mason Plumlee opened the game with a huge swat of Josh Giddey at the rim. – 10:13 PM

Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Surging Clippers will be without Ivica Zubac for at least a month espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 10:10 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
I’d expect offense to retain effectiveness with Mason Plumlee. He is a strong finisher, an advanced passer, and even if he is not allowed to shoot 3s he has improved FTs.
Defense MAJOR concern. Going from Zu’s elite rim protection (48.7%) to Plumlee (72.2%) h/t @SecondSpectrum – 9:42 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Tonight is going to be weird from a rotation standpoint. The Thunder lead NBA in drives and they ran circles around Clippers last month.
But in general, I’d expect a 9-man rotation while Zu is out. Remember Plumlee was out for two months. Now with Zu out for a month, he subs in. – 9:33 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Takes on a different meaning ⁦@TheAthletic⁩ with Zu out weeks, not days.
With Ivica Zubac ‘day to day,’ Clippers’ focus turns to execution theathletic.com/5203340/2024/0… – 8:34 PM

Janis Carr @janiscarr
Mason Plumlee will start in place of Zu tonight. – 8:29 PM

Janis Carr @janiscarr
Zubac will be re-evaluated in 4 weeks. Could be trouble ahead. – 8:29 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Mason Plumlee is starting tonight for first time this season.
Clippers did not win any of Mason Plumlee’s starts last season (0-4), and last won a game without Ivica Zubac in December 2022 vs Wizards. – 8:25 PM

Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Ivica Zubac will be out due to a right calf strain for at least a month. Team says he will be re-evaluated in four weeks. – 8:21 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Ty Lue says that the Clippers will need Mason Plumlee and Daniel Theis to play bigger roles to compensate for Ivica Zubac’s injury. Lue called it a “hard loss.”
“I just feel bad for Zu,” Lue said. – 8:21 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Ivica Zubac has only missed 12 regular season games with Clippers before this last weekend.
Now he will miss at least 12 games with this calf strain. Next opportunity to play would be February 10 vs Pistons — first game after trade deadline.
Full Clip was nice while it lasted pic.twitter.com/oo8OrXDbc1 – 8:18 PM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Ivica Zubac will be re-evaluated in four weeks due to a calf strain, per @ShamsCharania. pic.twitter.com/6YE0zUTjeE – 8:12 PM

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
Clippers center Ivica Zubac will be re-evaluated in four weeks due to a calf strain. – 8:08 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
ICYMI @TheAthletic
Ivica Zubac had a career-long 27-game streak where he made at least half of his FGs snapped Friday night in Memphis. Then the rim protection stalwart missed Sunday’s game at Minnesota.
LAC needs to improve in small lineups w/o Zu.
theathletic.com/5203340/2024/0… – 6:42 PM

Brandon Rahbar @BrandonRahbar
Clean injury report for OKC.
Zubac is the only LAC rotation player out.
Thunder’s 2nd night of a back to back and 5th game in 7 nights.
Looks like all the Thunder and Clippers stars playing tonight on TNT. – 4:02 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
🆕 @TheAthletic
Some insider content on Ivica Zubac’s chronic calf injury and how it could force some execution evolution from the LA Clippers, especially starting tonight against the Thunder
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