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Rodney Hood injury update

In last night’s Utah Jazz victory over the Milwaukee Bucks starting shooting guard Rodney Hood hurt his knee after 8 minutes of action. He had recently returned from a right knee hyper-extension that kept him out of five games between January 16th - 24th. The Jazz announced that he’s going to be out for a little bit more.

From the press release:

The following is a medical update on Utah Jazz guard Rodney Hood, who left last night’s win over Milwaukee at the 10:43 mark of the second quarter and did not return:

Hood was examined today by the Utah Jazz medical staff and underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) testing at University of Utah Health Care’s Orthopaedic Center, which showed a bone contusion on his right knee as well as a Grade 1 lateral collateral ligament (LCL) sprain.