Philadelphia 76ers guard Danny Green has suffered a torn ACL and torn LCL in his left knee, the team announced following an MRI on Friday.
Green suffered his injury in Thursday’s Game 6 against the Miami Heat, which the Sixers lost 99-90 to end their season. The 35-year-old veteran was helped off the floor after teammate Joel Embiid crashed into his leg three minutes into the game.
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“Joel got to the rim,” Green said of the sequence leading to his injury. “I saw him lay it up. I don’t know if it went in or not. But I just remember him taking a tumble. I tried to move. I couldn’t get out fast enough. I tried to pull my leg out, but it got caught underneath me, and it rolled into it.
“I knew once it happened, I knew I wasn’t able to return to the game.”
Green averaged 8.6 points on 40.8% shooting from 3-point range during the postseason.