Australian basketball great Lauren Jackson has been ruled out for the rest of the season due to an Achilles injury suffered in her WNBL tribute match.
abc.net.au/news/lauren-jackson-out-for-rest-of-wnbl-season/101933374Lauren Jackson's unrivalled basketball career appears to have ended on a heart-breaking note after the Opals legend suffered an injury in her WNBL tribute match.
Jackson has been ruled out for the remainder of the season with scans on Sunday revealing a partial tear in her right Achilles.limping off in tears just over a minute into the Southside Flyers' one-point loss to the Sydney Flames on Saturday night at John Cain ArenaJackson returned to the bench early in the second quarter on crutches, putting on a brave face for the WNBL record crowd of 7,681 spectators.
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