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Grizzlies Marc Gasol to miss rest of season after surgery

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — contract last July after ahead and a full and suc- sol and made two trades be supportive of him dur-
Grizzlies center Marc Gasol earning a starting spot in cessful recovery.” last week adding center ing his recovery,” Grizzlies
will miss the rest of this sea- the All-Star game last sea- The Grizzlies, 32-23 and fifth Chris Andersen, P.J. Hair- guard Mike Conley said.
son after having surgery to son. He also was the first in the Western Conference, ston and Lance Stephen- “His presence is still felt
repair his broken right foot. Grizzlies player voted to the have made the playoffs son in exchange for Court- greatly within the locker
The Grizzlies announced All-NBA first team. each of the past five sea- ney Lee and Jeff Green. room, and even while he is
Tuesday that Gasol had sur- The 7-foot-1, 255-pound sons. Memphis has won two “We know this is a difficult sidelined, he is still leading
gery on Saturday. General center averaged 16.6 of three games without Ga- time for Marc and want to us as we push forward.”q

Memphis Grizzlies center Marc Gasol claps from the bench in
the second half of an NBA basketball game, in Memphis, Tenn.

Associated Press

manager Chris Wallace points and 7.0 rebounds in
said in a statement that a 52 games this season. He
full recovery is expected. scored 11 points in the first
“Marc’s determination and quarter Feb. 8 against Port-
competitive spirit will serve land before leaving with
him, his family and the the injury.
team well as he begins the “It is frustrating to not be
healing and rehab process on the court with my team-
from which we expect him mates at this time,” Ga-
to make a full recovery,” sol said in a statement re-
Wallace said. “We are con- leased by the Grizzlies. “But
fident we will have Marc I understand that the focus
back anchoring our team of this process is on long-
next season and beyond.” term health and stability.
Gasol signed a five-year I look forward to the road