Bucks’ Kevin Porter Jr. to have MRI on injured ankle. Rivers calls it ‘a pretty bad sprain’

MILWAUKEE AP Milwaukee Bucks guard Kevin Porter Jr will undergo an MRI after spraining his left ankle late in the first quarter of a season-opening - achievement over the Washington Wizards on Wednesday night Bucks coach Doc Rivers mentioned it didn t look good I ll just say that while adding that Porter would have the MRI on Thursday We ve just got to hope for the best but looking at it it was a pretty bad sprain Rivers declared The -year-old Porter had points and two assists in minutes before getting hurt He was heading backward as Washington s Cam Whitmore was driving into the paint Porter appeared to trip over the foot of teammate Bobby Portis and he laid on the floor in pain before heading to the locker room Rivers mentioned Porter s injury may have caused the Bucks ball movement and defensive intensity to dip after Milwaukee outscored Washington - in the first quarter Not having Scoot out there was huge Rivers commented If Porter s injury forces him to miss multiple games it likely would end in more playing time for Ryan Rollins and Cole Anthony Porter provided a big boost last season after the Bucks acquired him from the Los Angeles Clippers at the agreement deadline He averaged points rebounds and rebounds in games with Milwaukee In games with the Clippers Porter averaged points rebounds and assists AP NBA https apnews com hub NBA Source