Jazz star Donovan Mitchell out of ankle sprain vs. Hawks

Utah’s Donovan Mitchell suffered a right ankle injury at the end of the first half against Sacramento on Tuesday.

Utah Jazz star Donovan Mitchell didn’t play against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night due to a right ankle sprain.

Mitchell injured his ankle in the final seconds of Tuesday’s first half against the Sacramento Kings. He returned in the second half and set a season record of 36 points a Profit 119-113.

Mitchell argued that the injury was not serious or related to a serious ankle sprain last season that got him between the last 16 games of the regular season and the opening game of the playoffs.

UPDATED Injury Report:

* OUT – Donovan Mitchell (right ankle sprain)

* AVAILABLE – Jared Butler (non-COVID related disease)

* AVAILABLE – Royce O’Neale (right ankle sprain)

* AVAILABLE – Hassan Whiteside (left ankle sprain)

OUT – Rudy Gay (right heel injury recovery)

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But the Jazz took no risks and decided to sit in Mitchell’s Atlanta as they embarked on a three-match trip.

“We’re conservative and hard-working about these types of things,” Coach Quin Snyder said. “I think Donovan is in a mentally good place, and we make sure he’s in a physically good place and he comes back.”

Joe Ingles started on Mitchell’s farm on guard.