Nikola Pekovic Out 7-10 Days With Ankle Injury

Timberwolves center Nikola Pekovic will be in street clothes for the next 7-10 days due to a bum right ankle, according to the team. From the press release:

The Minnesota Timberwolves announced (Tuesday) that Nikola Pekovic underwent an MRI (Magnetic Resonance Image) this morning at TRIA Orthopedics in Bloomington, Minn. that revealed bursitis in his right ankle. Pekovic will be withheld from basketball activities for 7-10 days and will be reevaluated at that time. He will be sidelined indefinitely.

Pekovic left last night’s game at Chicago at the 6:00 mark of the first quarter and did not return.