Milwaukee Bucks guard Damian Lillard had surgical procedure Friday to restore the left Achilles tendon he tore Sunday in a playoff loss to the Indiana Pacers.
Lillard was helped off the court midway through the first quarter of the Bucks’ 129-103 loss in Recreation 4 of their first-round playoff collection with the Pacers. The Bucks introduced Monday that the seven-time All-NBA guard had torn his Achilles tendon.
The Bucks performed with out Lillard in Recreation 5 on Tuesday and misplaced 119-118 in extra time at Indiana, enabling the Pacers to clinch the best-of-seven collection.
Lillard performed three video games in that collection, as he made a remarkably quick return from deep vein thrombosis — an irregular clot inside a vessel the place the congealing of blood blocks the circulation by means of it on the way in which again to the guts — in his proper calf.
After lacking the Bucks’ final 14 regular-season video games, Lillard was taken off blood-thinning remedy and cleared to renew full basketball exercise. Lillard missed Recreation 1 of the Pacers collection to work his manner again after which returned for Recreation 2.
Lillard, 34, ranked tenth within the NBA in scoring (24.9) and assists (7.1) this season whereas incomes his ninth All-Star Recreation choice.
Reporting by The Related Press.
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