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Nov 17, 2025, 05:27 PM ET

LA Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. sustained a sprained MCL in his right knee and will be reevaluated in six weeks, sources told ESPN’s Shams Charania on Monday.

Jones, 28, had started all 13 games this season and was averaging a career-high 10.9 points per game prior to the injury Sunday in Boston.

Jones was helped to the locker room after falling to the court and grabbing his right knee following a collision in the second quarter of Los Angeles’ 121-118 loss.

Jones was reaching for a loose ball and collided with a diving Jaylen Brown of Boston. Brown’s arm struck Jones’ leg. Jones grabbed his knee as he fell to the floor and was rolling in pain before slowly getting up and being helped to the locker room, barely putting any weight on the leg. Brown was whistled for a foul on the play.

The injuries are starting to pile up for the Clippers. Kawhi Leonard missed his seventh straight game with an ankle and foot sprain, and Bradley Beal suffered a season-ending hip fracture Nov. 8.

“It’s tough,” James Harden said of Jones’ injury. “It’s like one after the next. You just try to continue to keep your head on straight, focus on what you can control and just go out there and come away with wins. Hopefully guys will start coming back sooner than later.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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Nov 16, 2025, 07:19 PM ET

BOSTON — Clippers forward Derrick Jones Jr. was helped to the locker room after falling to the court and grabbing his right knee following a collision in the second quarter of Los Angeles’ 121-118 loss to the Celtics on Sunday.

Jones was reaching for a loose ball and collided with a diving Jaylen Brown of Boston. Brown’s arm struck Jones’ leg. Jones grabbed his knee as he fell to the floor and was rolling in pain before slowly getting up and being helped to the locker room, barely putting any weight on the leg. Brown was whistled for a foul on the play.

“We won’t know until he gets reevaluated; we’re not quite sure right now,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said of Jones’ injury.

James Harden, who scored 32 of his 37 points in the second half Sunday, said the injuries are starting to pile up. Kawhi Leonard missed his seventh straight game with an ankle and foot sprain, and Bradley Beal suffered a season-ending hip fracture Nov. 8.

“It’s tough,” Harden said of Jones’ injury. “It’s like one after the next. You just try to continue to keep your head on straight, focus on what you can control and just go out there and come away with wins. Hopefully guys will start coming back sooner than later.”

Jones, 28, has started all 13 games this season and entered averaging 10.9 points.

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Derrick Henry is a powerful back and one of the most dominant players of his generation who is seemingly the perfect option to give the ball on the goal line.

Yet the Baltimore Ravens decided to go a different route during its final possession of the first half of Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Rams.

After reaching the Los Angeles 1-yard line, the Ravens attempted two consecutive tush pushes with tight end Mark Andrews. The Rams stuffed him on both attempts and were then ready to stop Henry on the ensuing fourth down.

“They got [Derrick Henry], who I would probably want to just give him the ball,” Tom Brady said in his analyst role on Fox Sports. “And I love Mark Andrews. It’s just a hard thing, you don’t practice it that much.”Â

The sequence drew plenty of reaction on social media:

That Henry played so well in the first half only made the sequence all the more confusing.

The five-time Pro Bowler had 90 rushing yards by intermission and was largely carrying a Ravens offense that is playing without injured quarterback Lamar Jackson for the second straight game.

Los Angeles deserves plenty of credit as well, as it stuffed the middle of the line and didn’t give Andrews any space to successfully run the tush push. It even appeared to force a fumble on the third-down attempt, but officials ruled forward progress and blew the play dead.

When Baltimore lined up in a traditional look for fourth down, it was far too obvious that Henry would be getting the ball after the previous two failed attempts. The Rams were not fooled and forced a turnover on downs much to the chagrin of the frustrated fans.

Frustration has been the predominant emotion for the Ravens this season, who are off to a 1-4 start and look nothing like the Super Bowl contender they hoped to be at the start of the campaign.

Injuries are a large part of the issue, but poor play calling and missed opportunities like the one in the first half against the Rams aren’t helping.

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Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry admitted to reporters Wednesday that his fumbles this season (one apiece over his first three games) are “rough.” However, he is focused on rectifying the matter moving forward.

The 31-year-old Henry, a five-time Pro Bowler, isn’t slowing down in his 10th NFL season. Over three games, Henry has rushed for 242 yards and three touchdowns on 41 carries (5.9 yards per attempt).

However, he’s also encountered issues holding onto the football, and two of those turnovers proved costly in Raven losses.

In Week 1, the Ravens were up 40-32 against the Buffalo Bills with 3:10 left. Baltimore was trying to run out the clock at this point. On 1st-and-10 from the Ravens’ 41-yard line, Henry got the ball, but defensive tackle Ed Oliver caused a fumble, which was recovered by linebacker Terrel Bernard.

In response, Buffalo scored a touchdown, forced a three-and-out and then kicked a field goal for the 41-40 win.

In Week 2, Henry fumbled in the second quarter of a 41-17 home win over the Cleveland Browns. However, Baltimore wide receiver Tylan Wallace recovered the ball and even caught a 15-yard touchdown pass on the next play, so it wasn’t a big deal at all.

In Week 3, the Ravens trailed 28-24 to the Detroit Lions with 8:31 left in the fourth quarter. Henry got the ball on 1st-and-10 from the Ravens’ 21-yard line, but Lions defensive end Aidan Hutchinson caused a fumble.

Lions cornerback D.J. Reed recovered it, and Detroit kicked a 45-yard field goal on its next drive en route to a 38-30 win.

Henry spent eight years with the Tennessee Titans before signing with the Ravens as a free agent before last season. He was fantastic for Baltimore last year, amassing 2,114 total yards and 18 touchdowns for the AFC North champions.

Obviously, this season has gotten off to a tough start for Baltimore at 1-2, but its two losses are against teams that could very well be in the Super Bowl this year. As far as Henry’s fumble issues, his three this year already match his three last season. However, he didn’t have any the year before and has just 23 overall for his career on 2,572 touches.

The bet here is on Henry figuring things out and not having a season-long fumbling issue. That would be good news for a Ravens team that’s greatly benefitted from Henry’s rushing prowess otherwise.

Henry and the Ravens will look to get back on track Sunday when they visit the Kansas City Chiefs on Sunday afternoon.

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Baltimore Ravens running back Derrick Henry said he was “at a loss for words” after his third fumble of the 2025 NFL season contributed to a 38-30 defeat to the Detroit Lions.

“It’s just crazy,” he told reporters. “Three fumbles [in three games] straight. I’m trying every day to fix the problem that just keeps occurring. I’m my worst critic, so I’m not going to try to beat myself up too much. But it’s hard not to when it’s consecutive and consistent [instances] of me doing the same thing.”

Henry also apologized to his teammates, coaches and Ravens fans:

The Ravens trailed the Lions by four points when the five-time Pro Bowler coughed the ball up on his own 21-yard line. Detroit secured the recovery, which set up a 45-yard field goal by Jake Bates to make it a 31-24 game with 6:35 on the clock.

A similar scene played out in Week 1. Henry fumbled in the fourth quarter as the Buffalo Bills were mounting a 15-point comeback en route to a 41-40 win. He was just as contrite on that occasion as well.

Monday’s result was down to more than the costly turnover.

Baltimore’s defense allowed 426 yards to the Lions. The backfield tandem of David Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs combined for 218 yards and four touchdowns on the ground.

In the second quarter, the Ravens came away with zero points from a 1st-and-goal at the 3-yard line, and failing to score proved consequential in hindsight.

The offense also had an opportunity to tie the game after Bates’ field goal. A three-and-out put the ball back in the Lions’ hands and they pulled away with Montgomery’s 31-yard touchdown run.

It’s easy to zero in on Henry because he made such an obvious mistake. The Ravens coaches will have plenty to nitpick when they go over the game film.

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Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh didn’t sugarcoat Derrick Henry’s fumbling issues.

After the star running back fumbled the ball for the third time this season, Harbaugh said the problem has to be “fixed.”

“We’ve got to get it fixed,” Harbaugh told reporters. “…We just want to protect the football. All the guys do. We’ve gotta do it and we’ve gotta be good at it.”

Henry lost a key fumble in the fourth quarter and was extremely upset on the bench afterwards:

The Ravens trailed by just four points halfway through the fourth quarter and forced a Lions punt to get the ball back. Baltimore was hoping to put together a scoring drive, but Henry had the ball punched out by Aidan Hutchinson. Detroit recovered and capitalized on the other end with a field goal.

The Lions went on to win 38-30 as Baltimore fell to 1-2 on the year.

In Henry’s defense, his fumble on Monday might be more of a result of an outstanding play by Hutchinson than a lapse in judgment on his part, but it’s still clearly a problem that needs solving.

“I apologized to my teammates, my coaches, I apologize to Flock Nation,” Henry told reporters. “Just gotta keep working.”

The fumble in the fourth quarter of Monday’s loss was his second fumble in the clutch this season. In the Ravens’ season-opening loss to the Buffalo Bills, Henry lost the ball with just over three minutes to play, and the Bills cut it down to a two-point lead before winning on a field goal.

It’s an uncharacteristic problem for Henry, as he had just three fumbles last year and none in 2023. It’s unclear what he can do to solve the issue, but it’s clear its weighing heavily on him.

“I’m gonna try to not beat myself up too much but it’s hard not to,” Henry told reporters.

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Jamal CollierAug 21, 2025, 01:06 PM ETCloseJamal Collier is an NBA reporter at ESPN. Collier covers the Milwaukee Bucks, Chicago…