Dejounte Murray’s season is over.
The previous All-Star guard tore his Achilles after struggling a non-contact harm within the first quarter of the Pelicans’ 118-116 loss to the Celtics on Friday night time, ESPN’s Shams Charania reported.
Murray, who missed the 2018-19 season as a consequence of a torn ACL, will now be sidelined for the rest of the 2024-25 marketing campaign, which has been a difficult one for the Pelicans, who’re 12-37 and have handled a slew of accidents.
Murray, who has missed practically 20 video games already this season after breaking his hand on opening night time — inflicting him to overlook a number of weeks — had averaged 17.9 factors, 7.6 assists, 6.5 rebounds and a couple of.1 steals heading into Friday.
Upon struggling the non-contact harm, medical workers instantly rushed to the courtroom, and he was dominated out for the remainder of the sport instantly thereafter.
“Extremely difficult, when you see a guy that means so much to our team and puts the work in go down like that,” Pelicans head coach Willie Inexperienced instructed reporters after the sport.
“It hurt a lot, l can’t lie to you,” added blossoming wing Trey Murphy III, who scored 40 factors and made eight 3-pointers within the loss. “He’s been through a lot already, and it doesn’t help. But a lot of times God puts you through situations in order to give you a bigger message. I think that’s what’s happening right now. It’s not always easy to understand what he’s saying, but there’s always a reason.”
This harm is anticipated to sideline Murray for a minimum of a number of months, a major blow for the Pelicans, as they rely closely on his dynamic playmaking and defensive presence on the perimeter.
The Pelicans have already been with out stars Zion Williamson, Herb Jones and Brandon Ingram.
CJ McCollum, Jordan Hawkins, Murphy III, Jose Alvarado and others have additionally missed time for the Pels this 12 months.
After the Pelicans’ early setback to Murray, the Celtics capitalized on the momentum.
Led by star wing Jayson Tatum, who drilled a game-winner within the waning seconds, Boston rallied by means of the competition.
