Kira Lewis Jr.’s season ends early with a torn ACL

New Orleans Pelicans’ endured a knee injury during Wednesday's misfortune to the Denver Nuggets. As the rest of the roster watched New Orleans Pelicans’ Kira Lewis Jr. left the court and will miss the remainder of the period after experiencing a torn ACL and Grade 2 MCL sprain in his right knee.

In the Pelicans vs Denver Nuggets’ match on Wednesday with 8:14 minutes leftover in the subsequent quarter, Lewis went up for a shot in the path and his right knee gave out without taking any contact. The clinical staff took care of the player and had to be moved out of the court. In 24 games this season Lewis has averaged 5.9 points, two assists and 1.6 rebounds off late his performance had improved in the last 11 matches but now he would rest for the rest of the season.