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Drew Gooden's MRI revealed a strain and slight tear in his right calf, according to report

We now know why Gooden re-aggravated his calf injury on Friday against the Orlando Magic in just four minutes of play.

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After missing over a month due to a right calf injury, Drew Gooden III returned to the court for last Friday's game against the Orlando Magic. The Wizards were very excited about that as you can see below:

Unfortunately, Gooden only played four minutes before he aggravated that injury:

Gooden had an MRI performed on Saturday. According to Mac Spears of Yahoo! Sports, the diagnosis is that he suffered a strain and a slight tear:

This news is unfortunate because Gooden literally was sidelined in his first game after missing an extended period of time. Hopefully, he'll be ready to go in the latter half of the season, but the Wizards can certainly use some more post depth than they do right now.