ALBA Berlin announced on Tuesday that starting shooting guard Marcus Eriksson will miss several weeks with a back injury. 

ALBA's Eriksson out with back injury

ALBA Berlin announced on Tuesday that starting shooting guard Marcus Eriksson will miss several weeks with a back injury. He was diagnosed with transverse process fractures on his left lumbar spine, which he suffered during the team's EuroLeague opener in Barcelona. Now in his third season with ALBA and sixth in the EuroLeague, Eriksson averaged a career-high 12.4 points on 44.3% three-point shooting last season. 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="de" dir="ltr">Das Verletzungspech bleibt uns treu. Marcus Eriksson hat sich beim Spiel in Barcelona Querfortsatzfrakturen an der linken Lendenwirbelsäule zugezogen und fällt mehrere Wochen aus. <br><br>Get well soon, Marcus! <a href="https://t.co/u9HsF5BFBG">pic.twitter.com/u9HsF5BFBG</a></p>&mdash; ALBA BERLIN (@albaberlin) <a href="https://twitter.com/albaberlin/status/1445380993242763280?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">October 5, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>


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ALBA Berlin announced on Tuesday that starting shooting guard Marcus Eriksson will miss several weeks with a back injury.