Toronto Raptors’ centre Jonas Valanciunas will miss the rest of the series against the Miami Heat after spraining his right ankle in Game 3, the team said Sunday.
Valanciunas was injured in the third quarter of Saturday’s game, which the Raptors took 95-91 thanks to a resurgent Kyle Lowry.
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The team said that in the Heat series Valanciunas has averaged 18.3 points, 12.7 rebounds, 1.33 blocks and 33.7 minutes.
He has averaged 15 points, with 12.1 rebounds, 1.4 blocks and 28.5 minutes in 10 playoff games this season.
They said his status will be updated as appropriate.
Meanwhile, the Heat announced Sunday that centre Hassan Whiteside was also injured in Game 3 and is listed as day-to-day with a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
The severity of Whiteside’s injury is not known.
The Raptors lead the series 2-1, with the next game Monday in Miami.
With files from The Associated Press
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