EAST RUTHERFORD (NBA) - Olympic gold medal winner Vince Carter will be sidelined indefinitely with a right ankle sprain, the New Jersey Nets have announced.

The injury occurred while Carter was dunking in the third quarter of Saturday's 112-101 loss to the Boston Celtics.

A MRI on Monday revealed a grade-one sprain. Carter will continue to receive treatment on his ankle, and the team has set no timetable for his return.

In New Jersey's first six games of the season, Carter averaged 17.0 points, 5.5 rebounds and 4.5 assists. The eight-time All-Star swingman signed a four-year contract extension this past offseason reportedly worth $61 million in guaranteed money.

Carter played for his country at the 2000 Olympics, helping the team to gold in Sydney. It was against France that Carter performed one of the signature plays of the American campaign, leaping over French center Frederic Weis to score what the French media dubbed "the Dunk of Death".

The Nets, who are off to a 4-2 start, host the New Orleans Hornets on Monday night.

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