NBA player Jalen Suggs is taken off court in a wheelchair after suffering agonizing non-contact back injury
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Orlando Magic guard Jalen Suggs exited the court in a wheelchair on Friday after suffering an agonizing non-contact back injury against the Raptors. Suggs had raced out to double team Toronto's Immanuel Quickley when he fell to the ground in pain, grabbing his back.
![[Suggs writhed on the ground in pain after his injury. His coach said afterwards that he appeared to suffer back spasms.]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/16/93736771-14249959-image-a-79_1736008506336.jpg)
The former Gonzaga standout appeared to be in immense discomfort on the floor as his teammates looked on, before being taken off of the court in a wheelchair. 'He was in a lot of pain,' Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said after the game. He's back in the locker room now, we'll get him re-evaluated tomorrow. Right now, it's looking like back spasms.'.
![[Suggs is averaging a career-high 16.4 points per game in his fourth season with the Magic]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/04/16/93737091-14249959-image-a-82_1736009333358.jpg)
Suggs exited the game - which Orlando won 106-97 - with six points in 13 minutes. According to sports medicine doctor Brian Sutterer MD, Suggs would not be expected to miss extended time if his injury is officially diagnosed as back spasms. Jalen Suggs' head was covered in a towel as he left the court in a wheelchair on Friday.
Suggs writhed on the ground in pain after his injury. His coach said afterwards that he appeared to suffer back spasms. Suggs is averaging a career-high 16.4 points per game in his fourth season with the Magic. Jalen Suggs exited the game in a wheelchair after a non-contact back injury in the second quarter đ(via @BleacherReport) pic.twitter.com/NmmKGU4xaL.
