/ STAFF WRITER
CHICAGO – The worst nightmare played out in Nick Young’s mind the moment his right leg landed awkwardly on the floor.
The Lakers guard remembered feeling a “sharp pain.” He sensed “something pulled” from his right foot. And then three of his teammates helped him off the court only a few minutes into Tuesday’s loss in New Orleans.
“I panicked,” Young said. “I thought the worst.”
But after the Lakers initially diagnosed him with a strain in his right Achilles tendon, an MRI taken on Wednesday revealed a strained calf muscle in his right leg.