Ochai Agbaji won’t return.The Toronto Raptors ahead suffered what gave the impression to be a proper leg harm in the primary quarter Wednesday when he fell awkwardly attempting to corral an alley-oop cross from Kelly Olynyk. The 23-year-old was contacted by Josh Hart in mid-air and appeared to land on his aspect.Agbaji stayed down for a number of minutes as Raptors medical personnel attended to him on the baseline. He was helped up and brought to the locker room with the help of two teammates.
It appeared like Agbaji couldn’t put any stress on his proper leg as he hobbled off the court docket.He has formally been ruled out with a proper hip contusion, the group introduced.Agbaji had been thrust into the beginning lineup with Toronto already battling a slew of accidents. Scottie Barnes, Jakob Poeltl, RJ Barrett, and Immanuel Quickley had been all ruled out towards the New York Knicks and it’s unlikely Barnes or Poeltl return this season.Quickley and Barrett shouldn’t be too far-off having practiced on Wednesday. It’s doable they return Sunday night time when Toronto takes on the Philadelphia 76ers.Agbaji has appeared in 20 video games for Toronto since being traded to the Raptors on the commerce deadline. He got here into Wednesday night time averaging 7.2 factors and three.4 rebounds whereas capturing 39.7% from the ground and 24.1% from three-point vary.Toronto continues to be with out Chris Boucher, DJ Carton, and Jontay Porter, additional limiting the group’s depth choices if Agbaji is pressured to overlook any time.