Canada's Olynyk bruised, Boucher withdraws

It appears Team Canada's Kelly Olynyk dodged a major injury in Wednesday night's win over Nigeria. According to Blake Murphy of The Athletic, Olynyk will miss a week with a bruise after slipping and falling hard on his knee during the third quarter of Wednesday's game.

TSN.ca Staff

Kelly Olynyk , The Canadian Press

It appears Team Canada's Kelly Olynyk dodged a major injury in Wednesday night's win over Nigeria.

Team Canada head coach Nick Nurse said Thursday Olynyk will miss a week with a bruise after slipping and falling hard on his knee during the third quarter of Wednesday's game.

Olynyk, who was helped to the locker room Wednesday, will not travel with the team to Winnipeg for Friday's rematch against Nigeria due to a wedding, but will rejoin the team when they head to Australia for three exhibition games before the FIBA World Cup.

Good news on the Kelly Olynyk front. X-rays were negative. His knee is bruised. He'll only miss a week and is still expected to play in the World Cup. He won't play in tomorrow's exhibition game in Winnipeg, but wasn't planning to anyway (has a wedding at home in Kamloops).
— Josh Lewenberg (@JLew1050) August 8, 2019

Canada will, however, be without Toronto Raptors forward Chris Boucher for the World Cup. Boucher withdrew from the tournament on Thursday citing personal reasons.

Canada tips off the World Cup on Aug. 31 versus Australia.

NBA

Josh Lewenberg

Josh Lewenberg

NBA

Canada's Olynyk bruised, Boucher withdraws

It appears Team Canada's Kelly Olynyk dodged a major injury in Wednesday night's win over Nigeria. According to Blake Murphy of The Athletic, Olynyk will miss a week with a bruise after slipping and falling hard on his knee during the third quarter of Wednesday's game.