Jock Landale。圖/路透社
根據ESPN記者Olgun Uluc消息，澳洲隊前鋒Jock Landale因為腳踝扭傷，很高機率缺席世界盃正賽，對澳洲隊內線戰力來說是大損傷，八強後挑戰冠軍的機會難度增高。
Landale在澳洲前兩場的自辦熱身賽中，就因為也是腳踝傷勢沒有出賽，昨天對上南蘇丹的比賽上場，第一節又踩到別人的腳，左腳踝再度扭傷，被攙扶離場，預計今天會去照MRI。
A visual of Jock Landale’s left ankle injury today:
— Bradeaux (@BradeauxNBA) August 17, 2023
He had been dealing with a right ankle injury and turned his left one today…
He’s expected to miss the rest of the World Cup, via @OlgunUluc.
Praying he’s okay for the start of the #Rockets season in October. pic.twitter.com/ihp7WDKi20
根據澳洲總教練Brian Goorjian向媒體賽後表示，自己的心態是「我們隊上不會有Landale了。」球隊預計帶13人去日本比賽，但因為Landale受傷，Landale會留在澳洲治療，全隊12人會間接確定，原本可能不會入選的Jack White可以直接替補Landale。
澳洲接下來還有兩場熱身賽，一場在東京對上法國，另一場飛到比賽地點沖繩對另外一組的喬治亞。小組賽對手是芬蘭、德國、日本，小組賽對手都不可被輕忽。
Jock Landale今年與火箭隊簽下4年3200萬美金合約，過去兩年在太陽隊繳出5.9分、3.4籃板，去年在Ayton狀況差時頂替中鋒位置表現稱職，讓大家留下深刻印象。
ESPN story on Jock Landale suffering what looked to be a serious left ankle injury in a warmup game vs South Sudan, the evening before the Australian Boomers are set to fly to Japan ahead of the 2023 FIBA World Cup.https://t.co/Y2RSOfsLqs
— Olgun Uluc (@OlgunUluc) August 17, 2023
The Australian Boomers squad is LOCKED IN for the 2023 FIBA World Cup
— Basketball Forever (@bballforever_) August 18, 2023
Jock Landale is unlikely to join the squad later given his injury status. pic.twitter.com/Fl1Y8MQAct
