Rolands Smits out in the EuroLeague double week with an injury / News - Basketnews.com

The seriousness of Smits' injury is currently unknown, but he will miss both games against Baskonia and Virtus with what head coach Andrea Trinchieri described as a bad ankle twist.

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With an already slim chance of getting to the play-in tournament, Zalgiris Kaunas will compete in the EuroLeague double week without one of their main players.

Rolands Smits will be sidelined for both games against Virtus Segafredo Bologna and Baskonia Vitoria-Gasteiz, head coach Andrea Trinchieri announced. The seriousness of the injury is unknown.

"Not yet. He's for sure ruled out for the next EuroLeague games, I believe also [against] Siauliai [on Sunday]. It will take a bit of time. It's bad. He twisted the ankle bad," Trinchieri said after the Lithuanian League (LKL) win against Pieno zvaigzdes Pasvalys on Sunday.

With 5:47 left in the second quarter against FC Bayern Munich, Smits was driving to the basket. As he attempted a floater, the Latvian forward unsuccessfully landed on his right leg, injuring his ankle.

Prior to the game against Bayern, Smits had been averaging 11.5 points and 4.6 rebounds for 11.6 PIR per game in the EuroLeague.

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