New Orleans – Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray He suffered a torn Achilles tendon ending the season during the defeat on Friday evening 118-116 Boston CelticsThe sources were informed by Shams Chari Espn.
Murray entered the waist and fired and then chased the lady. But he fell on the pitch and caught the area near his right foot. When he got up, he kuped towards the Pelikan bench.
He was quickly excluded from what, according to the team, was an injury of his lower leg leg.
“Extremely difficult when you see a guy who means so much for our team and puts his work in this way,” said coach Pelicans Willie Green after the match.
Pelicans thrown out by injuries have already played without Zion WilliamsonIN Brandon Ingram AND Jones coat of arms When they fell to 12-27. Ingram, Williamson and Murray did not divide the floor once this season.
“These are the challenges we went through almost throughout the season,” said Green.
Murray, who left 17 matches earlier this season with a broken hand, entered on average 17.9 points on average and led the team in assist (7.6) and steals (2.1). He had four simple matches with at least 20 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, he drawd his career for the longest time and the longest by the player Pelicans from Ingram in 2022.
New Orlean came on Friday, on average 114.0 points in 30 matches with Murray this season, which would be a draw in 13th place in the league. But in 18 matches without him Pels reached an average of 102.4 points, which would be the lowest in NBA.
“It hurt a lot, I can’t lie to you,” he said Trey Murphy IIIwho scored 40 points in losses. “He has already gone through many people and it doesn’t help. But many times God goes into situations to give you a greater message. I think this is happening now. It is not always easy to understand what he is saying, but there is always a reason. “
Information from ESPN Research and Associated Press was used in this report.
