OKLAHOMA CITY – Orlando Magic rookie Mo Bamba has been diagnosed with a stress fracture in his left tibia, but the team is hopeful that the 7-foot rookie won’t need surgery – a factor that might allow him to play again this season.
Bamba, 21, was a late scratch from Orlando’s defeat of the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday when he started feeling pain in his lower leg. He had tests on the leg on Monday and a diagnosis was rendered on Tuesday just hours before the Magic were to take on the Thunder in Oklahoma City.