INQUIRER Sports

LOS ANGELES?Portland Trail Blazers center Greg Oden will miss between two and four weeks of action due to a foot injury, the team said Wednesday.

Oden, the NBA?s top draft choice in 2007, sustained the injury when he landed awkwardly after going up for a rebound during the first quarter of Portland?s 96-76 defeat to the Los Angeles Lakers on Tuesday.

The injury is the latest in a string of setbacks for the highly regarded Oden, who was making his NBA debut after he missed all of last season following a knee injury.

Portland is considered one of the league?s best young teams and, with the 20-year-old Oden in the lineup, many pundits have predicted them to make the playoffs.

Oden looked rusty in the opener, missing all four of his field goal tries and committing two fouls in 13 minutes.