When Bradley Beal went down four minutes into the game against the New York Knicks on December 15, it looked bad. He writhed in pain on the court and instantly was ruled out for the remainder of the game. The Phoenix Suns would go on to lose that game and have lost 2 of their last 3 games since.
The extent of the injury wasn’t as bad as it looked, thankfully, but was still going to cost the three-time All-Star some time. The x-rays returned negative and no structural damage had occurred. But alas, time would be missed, with a target of early January for revaluation.