Tyson Chandler leaves Knicks game on crutches

The New York Knicks may be losing one of their big three due to injury. In the first quarter of tonight’s Knicks-Nets game on Long Island, center Tyson Chandler bumped knees with Nets small forward Gerald Wallace. According to multiple reports from the game, Chandler went down hard and left the floor immediately.

According to tweets from ken Berger of CBS, Chandler left the arena on crutches, but insisted that he doesn’t believe the injury to be anything serious.

Tyson Chandler left the arena on crutches as a "precaution" before MRI on left knee tomorrow. Says his level of concern is "not much."—
Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) October 25, 2012

Chandler said contact with his left knee in the first minute of the game "stretched it out a little bit."—
Ken Berger (@KBergCBS) October 25, 2012