The Fenerbahce-Olympiacos From the first day of EuroLeague He had everything: passion, a good game, fan exposure, a final Piquet between coaches… But the worst of all happened near the end of the first quarter When Scotty wilpkin was seriously injured.
The American player from Fenerbahce The breakthrough began , slowed down to launch into the suspension and at that moment, into the air, He felt terrible pain. He fell to the ground and could no longer get up, clutching the damaged right knee and obvious signs of pain. Wilbekin, As it later became known, He had torn the anterior cruciate ligament of that knee It will be low almost all the rest of the season.
“Our player Scotty wilpkin suffered a right knee injury during the match against Olympiacos. After medical examinations carried out on our player at AC osbadem Ata osehir hospital, an anterior cruciate ligament tear was detected and an operation is scheduled,” the Turkish club said in a statement shortly after the end of the match.
Wilpkin, seven years in the EuroLeague, He was starting his third season at Fenerbahce where he already had a prominent role In the Jasikevicius squad, the Turkish team will now have to study whether they have made any signings after a summer in which they had many additions.