Shams: Boston Celtics swingman Danilo Gallinari suffers meniscal tear in left knee
Boston Celtics veteran forward Danilo Gallinari appears to have dodged a major injury.
The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported the injured swingman has a meniscal tear in his left knee. He suffered the non-contact injury in the fourth quarter of the Italian National Team’s World Cup group stage qualifying game against the Georgian National Team on Saturday.
Immediately after the Celtics forward limped off the court, there were concerns the injury might be to the same ACL that Gallinari already had operated on. However, word soon came that his ligaments seemed stable, and the MRI reportedly showed no ligament damage. Charania called the outcome the “best case” scenario for Gallo and the Celtics.
The Italian will miss EuroBasket 2022, and there is no timetable for when he might return to the court for the Celtics.
Gallo appeared to injure his knee in an Italian National Team contest vs. Georgia. https://t.co/k9SHcMyh52
— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) August 28, 2022
Such injuries can take weeks or months to recover from. We saw the best-case scenario play out for fellow Boston frontcourt player Robert Williams III this past postseason.
Stay tuned to the Celtics Lab for more details on this developing story as they become available.
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