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CJ McCollum to miss at least four weeks after update on his injured foot

Portland Trail Blazers center Enes Kanter is pulled away from a scrum by guard CJ McCollum (3) as guard Damian Lillard, right, watches during the second half of Game 2 of the team's NBA basketball second-round playoff series against the Denver Nuggets Wednesday, May 1, 2019, in Denver. Portland won 97-90. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Portland Trail Blazers will miss CJ McCollum for the next four weeks, as further imaging revealed a small hairline fracture, the team announced Monday.

McCollum walked off Saturday’s 106-112 win over the Atlanta Hawks with a left foot injury. At first, the Blazers announced that their shooting guard will miss the next three games of his team.

The injury-plagued Blazers are already missing Jusuf Nurkic and Zach Collins. McCollum had an All-NBA season through the first 13 games of the season.

He averages a career-best 26.7 points per shooting 47.3% from the field, 44.1% from the three-point range and 84.4% from the free-throw line,

He also adds 5.0 assists, 3.9 rebounds and 1.3 steals in 33.8 minutes per game. In the first game without McCollum, the Blazers lost by 21 against the San Antonio Spurs on Monday.

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