Hesse: Tubutis will be missing from Frankfurt's basketball team until the end of the year

Frankfurt/Main (dpa/lhe) - The Frankfurt Bundesliga basketball team, the Fraport Skyliners, will have to do without power forward Einaras Tubutis until the end of the year. The 24-year-old Lithuanian suffered a medial ligament injury in his right knee during the 70-77 defeat of the Hessians against EWE Baskets Oldenburg last Sunday and, according to the club, will be out for six to eight weeks on Wednesday.