Jazz's Donovan Mitchell Injures Ankle Against Pacers

The list of Injuries to star NBA players continues to grow.

In the third quarter of Friday's Jazz-Pacers game, Utah guard Donovan Mitchell suffered an apparent lower-leg injury after an awkward fall.

Donovan Mitchell got helped to the locker room after an awkward landing

Hope he's OK 🙏 pic.twitter.com/SpiD0DZYqF
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 16, 2021

It appeared that Mitchell injured his right ankle. He immediately went to the locker room following the injury.

There appears to be optimism that Mitchell avoided a major injury, according to ESPN.

Lower ankle sprain and there's some early optimism that this isn't a major injury to Mitchell, sources tell ESPN. https://t.co/dbv3PAMDbB
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) April 16, 2021

This comes after Nuggets guard Jamal Murray tore his ACL against the Warriors on Monday.

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