The injury bug just won't give Team USA a break.

DeMarcus Cousins injured his right knee during a scrimmage Thursday, sidelining the Sacramento Kings big man in Saturday's exhibition game in Chicago against Brazil.

After the untimely departure of Paul George and Kevin Durant, Team USA might lose another player in Cousins.

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Cousins and Anthony Davis got tangled in a loose ball toward the end of the practice with Davis ending out on top of Cousins. He was helped off the court.

USA Basketball chair Jerry Colangelo that they are "hopeful that it's just a bruise or slight sprain, but we won't really know until he gets his MRI."

The official also hoped that it turns out to be nothing and that it is only precautionary as doctors and trainers said and they will be conducting an MRI "just to be sure."

Coach Mike Krzyzewski spoke to Cousins immediately after the practice.

Cousins was sitting on a training table with an ice pack on his right knee and did not appear to be concerned of the injury while texting on his cellphone.

With the addition of Rudy Gay, who replaced Durant, the team is now down to 15 NBA players vying for the 12-man roster that will be competing at the FIBA World Cup in Spain.

Durant said he was fatigued, while George broke his tibia when he crashed into a basketball stanchion last month

Blake Griffin and Kevin Love also pulled out of the team, leaving the squad short of big men but the frontline is still capable with Anthony Davis, Andre Drummond, Kenneth Faried, Mason Plumlee and Gay.

The team is scheduled to fly off to Spain on Aug. 23 but U.S. basketball officials can have the option of bringing all players and decide later on the final 12-man lineup that will be submitted to FIBA on the eve of the tournament's opening day on Aug. 30.

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