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Lance Thomas Injury: Updates on Knicks Guard's Knee and Return

Mike NorrisMar 8, 2016

New York Knicks forward Lance Thomas has been ruled out of Tuesday's game against the Denver Nuggets with a knee injury.

Continue for updates.

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Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News reported it is a "sore left knee" that is keeping Thomas out of the game. He injured the knee "during warm-ups" before the contest, according to Marc Berman of the New York Post:

After the game, the Knicks announced an MRI revealed "no structural damage."

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Thomas, who has started five games this season, is averaging 8.2 points and 2.2 rebounds in 22.3 minutes.

He missed five games earlier in the season, including two after suffering a concussion in early February.

Any injury right now for the Knicks just compounds an already-rough season. They are 26-38 heading into the tilt with the Nuggets and have Kurt Rambis as interim head coach after firing Derek Fisher 54 games into the season.

If the 27-year-old Thomas misses any more games, the Knicks could be forced to play a smaller lineup, increasing the minutes of backup shooting guard Sasha Vujacic.