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Donte DiVincenzo’s Achilles Tear Has Furthered a Strange NBA Playoff Trend
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Donte DiVincenzo’s Achilles Tear Has Furthered a Strange NBA Playoff Trend

SI·Brigid Kennedy·about 1 month ago
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Donte DiVincenzo’s Achilles tear shares an eerie similarity with those of Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum—and it’s not that all four injuries happened during the NBA playoffs (although that is pretty notable, as well). Rather, it’s that all four players wear the No. 0 on their jerseys. Which means that, across the last two NBA postseasons so far, only the athletes with a zero on their chests were the ones who tore their Achilles tendons. Very weird ... and also maybe an omen for the most superstitious athletes to heed?! DiVicenzo’s tear came 79 seconds into the Wolves' Game 4 win vs. the Nuggets on Saturday, when he suffered a non-contact injury to his lower right leg . The guard left the arena at halftime in a wheelchair, and it was later confirmed that he had torn his right Achilles tendon. He underwent surgery in New York on Sunday. “I feel completely devastated for Donte,” a visibly emotional Chris Finch said after the game. “He was playing so well. He’s had such a great season.…

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