Alpha Diallo moved from day-to-day to out on the Tuesday evening injury report. The Nuggets will be without the guard when they visit New Orleans on Wednesday.
What happened
Alpha Diallo is out. The injury report moved the 29-year-old guard from day-to-day to out on Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6:49 PM ET. The report lists the reason as personal, and its comment ties the absence to his wrist. His status has changed every day for five days. He was first listed day-to-day with a right wrist issue on Friday, Oct. 23. Since then he has gone back and forth between out and day-to-day. Earlier Tuesday he had moved back to day-to-day, and this update reverses that.
What it means for the Nuggets
Denver plays next at New Orleans on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 8:00 PM ET. The Nuggets are 1-2, the 10th seed, and lost their last game. Diallo has played once, with 4.0 points, 2.0 rebounds and 3.0 assists in 22.2 minutes. Denver is 0-1 with him and 1-1 without him. In the games he missed, Jamal Murray averaged 38.5 minutes and 22.3 points, and Nikola Jokic averaged 38.1 minutes and 22.3 points. Christian Braun played 35.7 minutes. Trevon Brazile (21.0) and Bryce Hopkins (17.4) also took minutes. Cameron Johnson averaged 11.3 minutes in those games, and he is now day-to-day with a right ankle issue.
What to watch
Watch the next injury report. Diallo's status has changed every day since Oct. 23. The report lists Oct. 30 as his expected return. Denver's depth is also thin. Julian Strawther is out with a left knee issue and Spencer Jones is out with a hamstring issue. Cameron Johnson is day-to-day with his right ankle. The trip to New Orleans on Wednesday is the first game Diallo will miss under this listing.
Is Alpha Diallo playing at the Pelicans on Wednesday, Oct. 28?
No. The injury report lists him as out as of Tuesday, Oct. 27, at 6:49 PM ET.
When will Alpha Diallo be back?
The injury report lists Oct. 30 as his expected return. His status has changed every day since Oct. 23, so check the next report.