Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner suffered a torn right oblique in the team's Friday contest versus the Philadelphia 76ers, the team said in a release. He'll be re-evaluated in four weeks and his return to play will depend on his response to treatment.
ORLANDO, Fla. – Orlando Magic forward Franz Wagner has been diagnosed with a torn right oblique, the team said in a release on Saturday afternoon.
Wagner will be out indefinitely and his return to play will depend on how he responds to treatment, and he'll be re-evaluated in four weeks. The fourth-year forward suffered the injury during the Magic's 102-94 loss Friday night at Philadelphia, according to the release. Through 25 games this season, the fourth-year forward was averaging 24.4 points on 46.5 percent shooting and 32.1 percent three-point shooting splits. In addition to his scoring, Wagner was accounting for 5.6 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1.7 steals a game.
He'd taken over the Magic's No. 1 role in the absence of All-Star forward Paolo Banchero, who suffered a similar torn right oblique Oct. 30 at Chicago. The former No. 1 overall pick has missed 20 games with the injury, and has only just recently began hisIn those 20 games, in which the Magic went 13-7, Wagner averaged 26.1 points on 45.7 FG%, adding 6.3 assists, 6.0 rebounds and 1.8 steals a game.
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