{"id":152752,"date":"2025-07-07T05:25:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/152752\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T05:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T05:25:18","slug":"utah-jazzs-taylor-hendricks-stretchered-off-the-floor-after-breaking-his-leg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/152752\/","title":{"rendered":"Utah Jazz’s Taylor Hendricks stretchered off the floor after breaking his leg"},"content":{"rendered":"

DALLAS (AP) \u2014 Utah forward Taylor Hendricks was wheeled off the floor on a stretcher with a right-leg injury after he landed awkwardly midway through the third quarter of the Jazz\u2019s 110-102 loss to the Dallas Mavericks<\/a> on Monday night.<\/p>\n

The team said Hendricks fractured his right fibula and dislocated his ankle.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a great kid, and so we\u2019re really just trying to focus on him \u2014 his health, keeping his spirits up, as he begins the road of his recovery,\u201d Jazz coach Will Hardy said. \u201cBut these are the moments in sports that suck.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hendricks went down to the floor without any contact near the baseline beneath the Jazz\u2019s basket, his foot landing in an awkward direction.<\/p>\n

Hendricks, in his second season, had two points, three rebounds and two assists in 21 minutes making his third consecutive start after starting 23 games of his 40 appearances as a rookie.<\/p>\n

\u201cSuper unfortunate,\u201d said Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen, who struggled to find words. \u201cWe\u2019re all here for him. It sucks that we lost, but he\u2019s more important than that. We know how hard he worked the whole summer to be ready for this opportunity, so it sure feels tough for him. We\u2019re going to stay here for him and support him.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe talk about fighting through adversity, whatever it is. Tonight it happened to be that. Nobody can do it alone, so it\u2019s staying together and trying to work through it and not giving up.\u201d<\/p>\n

___ <\/p>\n

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