Word: tarsal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Walton's only season free of injuries, he took the Trail Blazers to the league championship and won the Most Valuable Player award in the playoffs. The following year, Portland again jumped off to an early lead. But midway through the season, Walton broke the tarsal navicular bone in his left foot, just under the ankle. Though hobbled, he returned for the playoffs...
...Clippers took no chances: they secured a $1.25 million insurance policy on their fragile star from member companies of Lloyd's of London. When Walton began the 1979 exhibition season, he developed a crippling pain in his left foot. It was discovered that he had rebroken the same tarsal navicular bone. He came back to try again in early 1980, went up for a rebound - and injured the bone yet again. Walton made a final attempt at taking to the court during training camp last fall, but the pain in his foot was so severe that, at last, Walton...
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