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Nigerian D'Tigers star Chimezie Metu injures his knee playing for Barcelona against Valencia.
Chimezie Metu a star of Nigeria's senior men's basketball team known as D'Tigers has suffered an injury.
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Metu was hit in the Liga Endesa match between Barcelona and Valencia Basket, causing damage to his left knee.
Metu attempted to continue after the contact but had to withdraw to the locker room, displaying symptoms of discomfort.
It was a very unfortunate moment that took place in the second minute of the second quarter.
The Barça forward witnessed Nate Reuvers fall on his left knee while attempting to get an offensive rebound, which left the number 10 in agony on the ground.
After a few seconds, Metu asked for a change and left for the locker room, seemingly signaling he was unable to continue.
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Barça declared in a statement during the second half that Metu would not be continuing against Valencia and that he would be undergoing medical testing in the coming hours to determine the full degree of his injury.
Despite Metu not being able to continue Barcelona were able to labor to a 102-99 victory against Valencia.
The injury to Metu will cause Barcelona some headaches as Nigerian youngster James Nnaji this offseason joined Girona.
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