Bradley Beal continues to deal with hamstring issues.
After missing a couple of weeks at the start of December with a right hamstring strain, the Wizards star exited a game at the end of the month with a left hamstring injury.
What’s next for Beal? Here is what we know about his injury and what it means moving forward.
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What is Bradley Beal’s injury?
Beal left Washington’s win over Philadelphia on Dec. 27 with left hamstring soreness.
Beal appeared to suffer the injury when he collided with 76ers star Joel Embiid on a drive to the basket with 4:17 remaining in the fourth quarter. He immediately grabbed his left hamstring and exited the game, tossing his headband in frustration as he went to the locker room.
Here’s a video of the sequence:
Beal finished the game with 19 points on 8-for-15 shooting and five assists in 29 minutes of play.
How long will Bradley Beal be out?
Wizards head coach Wes Unseld Jr. said after the game that the severity of Beal’s injury was unclear and he’d undergo further evaluation. The next day, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reported that Beal would miss Washington’s matchup with Phoenix on Wednesday but could return against Orlando at the end of the week.
Sources: Washington Wizards star Bradley Beal will be day-to-day after MRI on his left hamstring. He will miss tonight’s game vs. Phoenix, and there’s optimism he will be available as soon as the Wizards’ next contest on Friday in Orlando.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) December 28, 2022
Beal missed six straight games in early December with a right hamstring strain. The Wizards went 0-6 in that stretch, losing to the Bulls, Pacers, Nets, Nuggets and Clippers twice.
Beal is leading the Wizards in scoring this season with 23.5 points per game. He was also averaging a team-high 5.2 assists per game at the time of his latest hamstring injury.
A three-time All-Star, Beal signed a five-year, $251 million extension with the Wizards in the 2022 offseason.
Bradley Beal career stats, highlights
- 22.1 points per game
- 4.2 assists per game
- 4.1 rebounds per game
- 1.1 steals per game
- 0.4 blocks per game
- 2.4 turnovers per game
- 34.7 minutes per game
- 45.8 percent field goal shooting
- 37.2 percent 3-point field goal shooting
- 82.2 percent free throw shooting
