Magic forward Jonathan Isaac has torn ACL in left knee

Orlando Magic ahead Jonathan Isaac tore the ACL in his remaining knee on Sunday, the workforce announced.

Isaac drove the lane and did a hop move involving two defenders against the Kings. He then straight away fell to the floor in suffering, untouched, when clutching his still left knee with 9:19 left in the fourth quarter throughout the Magic’s 132-116 gain.

Isaac had his head in his fingers as he was wheeled off the court docket accompanied by Magic president of basketball functions Jeff Weltman.

It was Isaac’s 2nd recreation again since he hyperextended his left knee on Jan. 1 at Washington. Isaac, who skipped 31 games because of the injuries, remaining Sunday’s sport with 4 factors, 4 rebounds and 2 steals in 15 minutes.

Even although the Magic routed the Kings, the Orlando bench was subdued pursuing Isaac’s injury.

“That was challenging, man,” teammate Aaron Gordon reported. “That one particular introduced me to tears, and promptly — just mainly because I know how superior of a man J.I. is and how difficult he operates and how hard he has labored to get again because hurting himself in D.C. That was tricky.”

Kings large man Harry Giles III, who tore equally of his ACLs in substantial university and had a treatment on his left knee before beginning his higher education profession at Duke, reported he spoke to Isaac briefly in advance of he still left the ground.

“Just type of telling him to continue to be up, remain favourable,” Giles mentioned. “I just hate to see that because it’s challenging. I don’t genuinely like talking on that as well a great deal. It can be just unlucky, guy, because he’s been performing and with the brace on. You detest to see him get damage again.”

ESPN’s Tim Bontemps and Nick Friedell contributed to this report.