Keenan Evans suffers Achilles injury in Zalgiris-Fenerbahce game / News - Basketnews.com

Keenan Evans sustained an Achilles injury in the first minute of the Zalgiris-Fenerbahce game.

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Keenan Evans suffered an Achilles injury in the first minute of the Zalgiris-Fenerbahce game.

Evans grabbed a defensive rebound just 50 seconds into the match, made one dribble, stumbled, and fell on the ground. The undisputed leader of the team was in serious pain while holding his Achilles.

The American point guard headed to the bench with a help of his teammates, sat there for a minute, and then went straight to the locker room.

After a convincing 86-66 win at home, Zalgiris Kaunas officially announced that Evans had surgery following the torn Achilles, and he will be out for 6-8 months.

Evans has averaged 15.9 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.7 assists, and 17.4 PIR over 17 EuroLeague games this season.

He received the Round 15 MVP award after a EuroLeague career night against Bayern Munich. Evans had 32 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, and 39 PIR in Dec. 23 victory.

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