Just as Detroit Pistons head coach Stan Van Gundy feared, veteran backup point guard Beno Udrih is officially done for the season.
The 34-year-old has been diagnosed with a knee sprain and will miss the final two games of the 2016-17 regular season, according to Pistons.com editor Kevin Langlois.
Udrih will be recovering from the injury for the next six to eight weeks:
As SVG feared, @BenoUdrih1 will miss final 2 games with what he said would be 6-8 week injury, knee sprain.
— Keith Langlois (@Keith_Langlois) April 10, 2017
Udrih suffered the injury during the fourth quarter of the Pistons’ 103-90 victory over the Memphis Grizzlies on Sunday.
Langlois explained that Van Gundy intends to Darrun Hilliard as the “quasi-backup point guard” in their match-up against the Washington Wizards tonight.
The announcement came hours after a report that the team had attempted to waive Udrih in order to add Lorenzo Brown from the Grand Rapids Drive to their roster. Detroit were unable to make the move because they had missed the waiver deadline.
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Ish Smith will also play extra minutes in place of Udrih.
Udrih had averaged 5.8 points and 3.4 assists per game in 39 appearances for the Pistons.