Still playing without John Wall (knee) with seven games remaining in the regular season, the last thing the Wizards needed was another injury.
Unfortunately for Washington, forward Otto Porter left Friday's (AEDT) game against the Pistons with a painful-looking ankle injury.
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Porter was defending Stanley Johnson under the basket in the third quarter when his right leg appeared to buckle before he fell to the court.
Otto Porter had to helped off the court with an ankle injury... pic.twitter.com/p11FxdJTkL
— Dime on UPROXX (@DimeUPROXX) March 30, 2018
Porter was carted to the locker room with what the team is calling a sprained right ankle.
Porter is averaging career-bests in points (14.7), rebounds (6.5), assists (2.1) and steals (1.6) per game while shooting 43.4 percent from beyond the arc this season.
Entering Friday's games, the Wizards (41-33) were in sixth in the Eastern Conference but just two games ahead of the eighth-place Bucks.
The Pistons defeated the Washington 103-92.