Report: Damian Lillard diagnosed with torn left Achilles

When Damian Lillard went down last night on a non-contact injury and was immediately taken to the locker room during the Milwaukee Bucks 129-103 defeat to the Indiana Pacers, you knew the prognosis was probably pretty grim. Flash reporting in the moment did nothing to assuage those concerns, and today we finally have confirmation: Damian Lillard has torn his left Achilles tendon.

We’ve had an evening and morning to process and prepare for this possibility, although it is still a gut punch to get the official word on it. The loss of Lillard prior to a do-or-die Game 5 tomorrow night in Indianapolis is bad enough. Much worse are the potential cascade of consequences that trail from this turn…