Donovan Mitchell will be out at least another week with ankle sprain

Utah Jazz guard Donovan Mitchell (45) goes in for a lay-up as the Utah Jazz and the Sacramento Kings play an NBA basketball game at Vivint Arena in Salt Lake City on Saturday, April 10, 2021. Jazz won 128-112. | Scott G Winterton, Deseret News

Donovan Mitchell will be out for at least another week the Utah Jazz announced on Saturday.

The All-Star guard suffered a right ankle sprain on April 16 against the Indiana Pacers. The team said that Mitchell would be re-evaluated after one week. That evaluation took place on Friday and resulted in the Jazz saying that he will again be re-evaluated in one week.

Saturday’s home game against the Minnesota Timberwolves marks Mitchell’s fourth consecutive game missed due to the ankle injury. The Jazz have a three-game road trip that begins on Monday at Minnesota and wraps up on Friday (the day that Mitchell is scheduled to be re-evaluated) against the Phoenix Suns.

Before his injury, Mitchell was averaging a career-best 26.4 points, 5.2 assists and 4.4 rebounds per game.

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