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MINNEAPOLIS — As if the Utah Jazz wanted the rest to go mistaken.
The Jazz discovered on Sunday afternoon that not solely would they be with out Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert that evening in opposition to the Minnesota Timberwolves, however that they'd even be lacking head coach Quin Snyder and Danuel Home who examined constructive for COVID-19.
Then, with 5:52 left to play within the first half in opposition to the Wolves, Joe Ingles’ leg gave out and he collapsed to the court docket holding his left knee, crying out in ache.
Joe Ingles goes down with a knee harm in Minnesota. pic.twitter.com/AvsIlZQNyh
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As staff trainers and coaches rushed to Ingles’ facet, the staff rapidly gathered round him as he held onto his left leg and the sector was silent.
A number of moments later, Ingles was helped off the court docket by Udoka Azubuike and members of the Jazz workers. He was unable to place any weight on his left leg and his knee had was already swollen as he entered the tunnel to go away the ground.
The Jazz introduced that Ingles wouldn't return to the sport as a result of a left knee harm and would get an MRI in Salt Lake Metropolis on Monday morning to find out the true extent of the harm.
“I noticed the replay and it doesn’t look good,” Jazz assistant coach Alex Jensen mentioned after the sport. “I really feel unhealthy for him. However, hopefully it’s higher than all of us assume.”
The staff was in a position to find Ingles within the X-ray room at Goal Heart at halftime and Mike Conley mentioned it was troublesome to see him in ache, with tears in his eyes, however that the staff rallied round him and instructed him that he was cherished and that they had been all there for Ingles.
Eric Paschall began rather than Ingles within the second half in opposition to the Timberwolves.
Ingles, as soon as held the NBA’s ironman document for many consecutive video games performed as an energetic participant and has been extremely sturdy by way of his eight-year profession, by no means struggling a severe harm.