Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving left in the second quarter of Sunday’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinals against the Milwaukee Bucks with a sprained right ankle.
The Nets ruled Irving out for the rest of the game, which Milwaukee went on to win, 107-96, leveling the series at two games apiece with Game 5 Tuesday night in Brooklyn. Nets coach Steve Nash later said that X-rays on Irving’s ankle came back negative.
Irving was injured with 6:04 remaining after converting a layup that got Brooklyn within 44-40. After scoring the basket, he landed awkwardly on the foot of Milwaukee forward Giannis Antetokounmpo.
Irving stayed down on the floor as play continued on the o…
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