Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard has left Recreation 4 of an Japanese Convention first-round playoff collection with the Indiana Pacers after hurting his decrease left leg within the first quarter.
Lillard was helped off the ground and into the locker room after struggling the non-contact damage. The Bucks introduced he will not return to the sport. There may be concern that Lillard suffered a torn Achilles, according to NBA insider Chris Haynes.
The seven-time all-NBA participant was behind the 3-point line when the ball bounced towards him. Lillard used his left hand to tip the ball towards teammate Gary Trent Jr., then went down and grabbed the decrease a part of his left leg, round his ankle. He continued to take a seat on the ground as play resumed on the opposite finish of the court docket.
After a foul stopped play, Milwaukee’s Kyle Kuzma helped Lillard up. Lillard then began limping and needed to be helped off the court docket and into the locker room.
Lillard had missed the Bucks’ final 14 regular-season video games and the primary recreation of this collection whereas coping with deep vein thrombosis in his proper calf. Lillard was taken off blood-thinning remedy and cleared to renew full basketball actions on the finish of the common season, and he returned to motion for Recreation 2 of this collection on Tuesday.
Deep vein thrombosis is an irregular clot inside a vessel the place the congealing of blood blocks the movement by on the way in which again to the guts.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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