The Southside Fliers and Sydney Flames played out their round 13 WNBL clash in front of a record crowd, but the biggest drawcard was forced off the court after barely a minute.
abc.net.au/news/lauren-jackson-limps-off-wnbl-crowd-record-crowd/101931882Opals legend Lauren Jackson has been forced from the court barely a minute into the historic WNBL clash between the Southside Fliers and Sydney Flames at John Cain Arena.The match at John Cain Arena broke a 28-year WNBL attendance recordJackson, 41, limped to the sideline early in the contest with a lower leg injury, reappearing on the bench with crutches.
She will have scans on the injury on Sunday, with commentators naming it a suspected Achilles injury.She then joked: "I'm on borrowed time, anyway." Jackson came into the game with a broken bone in her foot that she had carried since a December 8 match against Perth. Her early exit would have been a huge disappointment to the 7,681 supporters in John Cain Arena, the biggest crowd to ever watch a WNBL match.
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