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Spurs’ Castle exits vs. Lakers with pelvis contusion
Second-year guard Stephon Castle suffered a pelvis contusion against the Los Angeles Lakers and was ruled out for the remainder of the game at the beginning of the third quarter. The Athletic’s Jared Weiss reported that X-rays on the injury came back negative.
Castle, 21, appeared to sustain the injury when he went up to block a Rui Hachimura dunk in the second quarter. He fell hard to the floor and was spotted grabbing his lower back on the way to the locker room.
The UConn product had two points and seven assists in 11 minutes against the Lakers before being forced to exit.
Castle entered Tuesday’s contest as the Spurs’ third-leading scorer, averaging 17.1 points per game. He also leads the team in assists, dishing out 7.0 per game.
The Spurs sit second in the Western Conference with a 36-16 record.