Milwaukee Bucks center Andrew Bogut will be sidelined from two to four weeks with a strained ligament and bruise in his left leg, the NBA team said Friday.
Bogut was hurt when he was kicked in Wednesday's 99-85 victory over New Jersey.
The Aussie scored 21 points and 11 rebounds before leaving the game in late in the fourth quarter.
"It's very disappointing. I don't want to be hurt," said Bogut, who is averaging 16.1 points and 9.2 rebounds since missing more than half of last season with a stress fracture in his lower back. "It wasn't like I stepped wrong, or I did it running. I got hit."
Bogut, 24 and in his fifth NBA season, said he originally thought the injury was just a charlie horse in his calf. He stayed in the game for several minutes after he was kicked, but the pain got worse. An MRI eventually showed a strained ligament along with the bruise.
"I had shooting pain all the way down my leg. I knew it was bad," he said. "I was hurting after the game, I could barely walk to my car and could barely walk after the game. I thought maybe I'd wake up and feel better, but I woke up and felt worse."
The Bucks hope to get shooting guard Michael Redd back in the starting lineup soon.
