ACL tear · 2025-26 season ·
- Season / game
- 2025-26
- Phase
- Regular
- Opponent
- @ Toronto Raptors
- Arena
- Scotiabank Arena — Toronto
- Mechanism
- Non contact
- Side
- Right
- Source
- apnews.com
Hurt late in the third quarter of a 122-104 Pacers loss in Toronto. He finished a one-handed dunk, landed and immediately clutched his right knee, and left the floor in a wheelchair. An MRI at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York confirmed the torn right ACL the next day, and the Pacers announced he would miss the rest of 2025-26.
Recovery timeline
Current stage: Weight-bearing
· Weight-bearing
Rehab on track; midseason return expected
Pacers executives said he has hit all rehab benchmarks and the original timeline of a return around the middle of the season still stands; no date given. He was back on the court by August but had not reached five-on-five work as of late August.
Source· Surgery
Successful surgery on torn right ACL
Team announced the repair surgery, performed by Dr. Brian Cole at Rush in Chicago; coach Rick Carlisle called it "very successful".
Source· Diagnosis
Torn right ACL; out for season
Pacers announced the torn ACL in his right knee and that he would miss the rest of the 2025-26 season.
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