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Damian Lillard feared to have torn Achilles; Doc Rivers says ‘It’s not very promising’

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April 28, 2025

The Milwaukee Bucks Guard, Damian Lillard, left game 4 or a first round series of the ESE conference with the Indiana Pacers after hurting their lower left leg in the first quarter. Hey, don’t return.

Lillard was helped to get out of the floor and enter the locker room after suffering the contactless injury. There is fear that Lillard suffered a torn Achilles, according to the informant of the NBA Chris Haynes.

“They will make a [MRI] Tomorrow. Obviously, it is the bottom of the leg, “said Bucks coach, Doc Rivers, after the victory of the Pacers” 129-103. “Being honest, it is not very promising.”

The seven-time All-NBA player was behind the 3-point line when the ball bounced towards him. Lillard used his left hand to bow the ball towards his teammate Gary Trent Jr., then lowered and grabbed the bottom of his left leg, around his ankle. They continued to sit on the floor while the game resumed at the other end of the court.

After a lack of play, Kuzma de Milwaukee helped Lillard get up. Lillard then began to limit and had to be helped to leave the court and enter the locker room.

Lillard had lost the last 14 regular bucks seasonal games and the first game of this series while dealing with deep vein thrombosis in his right calf. Lillard was off -supply medication tasks and cleared to resume complete basketball activities at the end of the regular season, and returned to action for game 2 of this series El Tesday.

The deep vein thrombosis is an abnormal clot inside a glass where blood freezing blocks the flow on the road back to the heart.

“The guy tried to return to his team. I feel bad for him,” Rivers told journalists on Sunday night. “This is difficult, honestly. The blood clot, followed by this, is difficult.

“It’s such a great guy.” “

The Pacers led 15-12 when Lillard came out and immediately had a 10-3 race. The Bucks never threatened after that, since Indiana Toke Toke as leader of the 3-1 series. Game 5 is scheduled for Tuesday in Indianapolis.

“I’ve seen injuries deflate teams, but tonight, that hurt,” Rivers said.

“My work for the next 40 hours or whatever we have is to put ourselves back again, try to win a game in Indiana,” he added. “But my brain is right now where the players are the same place, and that is to think about Lady. That is only the human part of this work.”

Associated Press contributed to this report.

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