Utah Jazz’s Joe Ingles suffers ACL tear

Utah Jazz guard Joe Ingles goes previous Minnesota Timberwolves defenders throughout an NBA sport at Vivint Area in Salt Lake Metropolis on Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021. Ingles tore his left ACL on Sunday and can miss the remainder of the season.

Shafkat Anowar, Deseret Information

Utah Jazz wing Joe Ingles will miss the rest of the 2021-22 season.

The Jazz introduced on Monday afternoon that Ingles tore his left ACL on Sunday within the Jazz’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves and can endure surgical procedure quickly to restore it.

Though Ingles will miss the remainder of the season, some excellent news is that no different structural injury occurred.

Joe Ingles’ MRI revealed a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in his left knee with no different structural injury. Ingles will stay out indefinitely with surgical procedure going down quickly.

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The damage occurred halfway by the second quarter Sunday.

Ingles, 34, was averaging 7.2 factors, 3.5 assists and a couple of.9 assists in 24.9 minutes per sport.

In his eighth season within the NBA, Ingles is within the ultimate 12 months of his contract.