Brandon Ingram is back! Absent from the field since the end of November due to a serious injury to the big toe of the right foot, the Pelicans All-Star winger finally seems operational to find the floors.
We were almost starting to lose hope by seeing him chain the packages without having a real date of return.
But after almost two months and 29 games away, Brandon Ingram will return to the courts this Wednesday evening for the meeting between the Pelicans and the Wolves. This is Shams Charania from The Athletic who swung the good news on Twitter, while specifying that his return will only be made if he avoids any relapse during the warm-up.
After missing two months due to a big toe injury, New Orleans Pelicans star Brandon Ingram will return tonight vs. Timberwolves barring any setback in pregame, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) January 25, 2023
This is an element that counts because relapses, Brandon Ingram has experienced several over the past two months. While initially expected to be a short absence, it continued over and over again, frustrating some members of the Pelicans who had been left in limbo all this time. And the absence of Zion Williamson, out since the beginning of January and still absent for at least two weeks, has obviously not helped.
In the hard right now with five consecutive defeats on the clock, the Pelicans will necessarily count on the return of Ingram to try to restart the machine and reconsolidate their place in the Top 4 of the Western Conference (4th at the time of these lines, overall record of 26 wins – 22 losses). It will nevertheless be necessary to be patient with BI, because one does not return to its best level after two months of absence just by snapping your fingers. We can not exclude a scenario where the coach of the Pels Willie Green limits him in minutes during the first matches.
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Source texte : The Athletic
