{"id":1179,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/1179","headline":"Magic's Banchero out weeks with high ankle sprain","dek":"The star forward got hurt in a 115-93 loss to the Timberwolves and could miss four to six weeks.","body":"Paolo Banchero's season just hit a detour. The Orlando Magic star suffered a low-grade right high ankle sprain during Friday night's 115-93 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, and the team has not given a firm return date.\n\nAccording to ESPN's Shams Charania, sources say the injury typically carries a recovery window of four to six weeks. That would keep the 23-year-old sidelined well into next month, a significant blow for a Magic team that leans heavily on him as its primary scorer and offensive engine.\n\nOrlando has not announced a specific list of games Banchero will miss, only confirming the diagnosis without a definitive timeline. For now, the Magic will have to figure out how to generate offense without their best player, and the rest of the roster will need to absorb a bigger workload until he is cleared to return.","published_at":"2026-10-24T21:21:43.533400+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"Magic star Paolo Banchero out with low-grade high ankle sprain","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7720666/2026/10/24/paolo-banchero-ankle-sprain-orlando-magic-injury/"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Magic star Paolo Banchero injury update suggests he may miss over 1 month","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/magic-star-paolo-banchero-injury-175842373.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"Sources: Magic's Banchero out multiple weeks with ankle sprain","url":"https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/50266620/sources-magic-banchero-multiple-weeks-ankle-sprain"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Paolo Banchero injury update: Why Magic star exited game vs. Timberwolves","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/paolo-banchero-injury-why-magic-014028773.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Magic learn more about Paolo Banchero’s right ankle injury as team hits road","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/magic-learn-more-paolo-banchero-164500275.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Magic's Paolo Banchero reportedly to miss time with high ankle sprain, could be out 4-6 weeks","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/magics-paolo-banchero-reportedly-to-miss-time-with-high-ankle-sprain-could-be-out-4-6-weeks-165247328.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Magic forward Paolo Banchero has a high ankle sprain, likely will miss weeks","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/magic-forward-paolo-banchero-high-173019536.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Orlando's Paolo Banchero suffers high ankle sprain, could be out 4-6 weeks","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/orlandos-paolo-banchero-suffers-high-173648386.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Paolo Banchero's injury is another big blow to the Magic's slow start to the season","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/paolo-bancheros-injury-another-big-172752733.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"Magic's Paolo Banchero suffers high ankle sprain in loss to Timberwolves, reportedly could be out 4-6 weeks","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/breaking-news/article/magics-paolo-banchero-suffers-high-ankle-sprain-in-loss-to-timberwolves-reportedly-could-be-out-4-6-weeks-173753794.html"},{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"When is Paolo Banchero coming back to Magic after ankle injury?","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/paolo-banchero-coming-back-magic-175914572.html"},{"outlet":"CBS Sports","publisher":"CBS Sports","title":"Paolo Banchero is hurt again, and this Magic experiment might be cursed","url":"https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/paolo-banchero-hurt-again-magic-experiment-might-be-cursed/"}],"image":null,"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}