MINNEAPOLIS -- Ricky Rubio will be out indefinitely with a sprained right elbow, the Minnesota Timberwolves announced Monday night.Rubio was injured in the fourth quarter of Saturday nights loss to the Sacramento Kings. He met with doctors for an MRI on Monday evening, and the test confirmed the teams initial diagnosis of a sprain. With nothing broken, Rubio likely will only have to miss one to three weeks.Rubio is an integral part of a young Wolves team trying to end a 12-year playoff drought. His veteran leadership, passing and defense are needed on a team that has started the season 0-2.With Rubio sidelined, rookie backup Kris Dunn is in line to start the home opener on Tuesday night against Memphis.Next man up, Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said when asked if Dunn was ready to start this early in his tenure. You dont get here by accident. Youre here, youre a great player, get in there and get the job done.Dunn was the fifth overall pick out of Providence in June and has impressed Thibodeau early with his defensive acumen. The demanding coach has said that the 22-year-old Dunn is NBA-ready from a defensive perspective right now, and he lauded his young point guards effort on that end through the first two games.The bigger challenge for all rookie point guards is organizing and running an offense. With Karl-Anthony Towns, Zach LaVine and Andrew Wiggins at his disposal, it would be up to Dunn to keep the mouths fed and the ball moving if he has to step in for Rubio for any stretch of time.Defensively hes done a lot of good things and I think the more experience he gets the better hes going to play, Thibodeau said. Hes learning. Hes getting better each day. 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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- Jalen Hurts accounted for four touchdowns and Minkah Fitzpatrick had three interceptions as No. 1 Alabama extended its nation-best winning streak to 18 games with a 49-30 victory over No. 16 Arkansas on Saturday night.The win is the 10th straight for the Crimson Tide (6-0, 3-0 Southeastern Conference) over the Razorbacks, and Fitzpatricks 100-yard interception return for a touchdown was Alabamas 10th non-offensive score of the season.Hurts finished 13-of-17 passing for 253 yards with two touchdowns. He ran for two more TDs.Damien Harris added 122 yards rushing on 13 carries for the Crimson Tide, which finished with 517 yards of total offense and averaged 10.1 yards per play.Austin Allen completed 25 of 48 passes for 400 yards and three touchdowns for Arkansas (4-2, 0-2), also throwing three interceptions as the Razorbacks finished with five turnovers overall. 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