Pacers G Oladipo (ruptured quad) out for season

Indiana Pacers guard Victor Oladipo will have surgery to repair a ruptured quad tendon in his right knee and will miss the rest of the season, the team announced Thursday. "I haven't gotten to talk to our trainers or anybody about the injury or how it compares to other injuries. I just know he's going to be out for the season," coach Nate McMillan said Thursday. "Unfortunate. Special player. Special person. He was doing some good things. This team is playing good basketball. To have to lose him, it's tough. We'll have to continue to move on."

The injury occurred during the second quarter of Indiana's 110-106 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Wednesday night. Oladipo's leg bent awkwardly as he fell to the floor trying to disrupt an outlet pass to the Raptors' Pascal Siakam and he left the court on a stretcher. An MRI on Thursday revealed the extent of the damage.

"We're just thinking ... get better and try to figure some things out with rotations and lineups, come out and fight," forward Domantas Sabonis said. Through 36 games this season, Oladipo was averaging 18.8 points per game and on pace to set career highs in rebounding (5.6) and assists (5.2).

Oladipo, 26, made the All-Star team and led the NBA with 2.4 steals per game in his first season with the Pacers in 2017-18. He was named the NBA's Most Improved Player and made the league's All-Defensive First Team. Oladipo played three seasons with the Orlando Magic and one with the Oklahoma City Thunder before being dealt to the Pacers in the Paul George trade on July 6, 2017.

It is a tough blow for the Pacers (32-15), who have won five of their last six games and stand third in the Eastern Conference entering Saturday's road game against the Memphis Grizzlies. --Field Level Media