As communicated by the club on Friday afternoon, Real Madrid forward Gabriel Deck is expected to miss the rest of the playoff series against Partizan Mozzart Bet Belgrade due to injury. During Game 4 of the series on Thursday, Deck suffered a tear of the inner collateral ligament on his left knee in a fourth-quarter collision with Partizan forward Zach LeDay.
Deck scored 14 points and pulled 3 rebounds in the 33 minutes he was on court during Game 4 in Belgrade, more than any other player for Real. Next Wednesday, the series will travel back to Madrid, Spain, for the fifth and definitive game that will decide who advances to the 2023 Final Four in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Deck ranks second on Real Madrid this season in both average points (12.3) and rebounds (5.4), and third PIR (15.7).