No Malcolm Brogdon against Chris Paul tonight in Phoenix. The Pacers point guard had to content himself with encouraging his teammates from his bench. A situation to which the rookie of the year 2017, embarrassed by his right Achilles tendon, must get used to because his coach has announced that his absence will be prolonged.
“Malcolm is going to be stopped for at least ten days to start an intensive rehabilitation program for his Achilles tendon. We’ve gotten to a point where we haven’t made the progress we needed to make.”, detailed Rick Carlisle at the Indianapolis Star.
Its leader, who will therefore not return before the end of January, has already missed 12 of the team’s last 14 meetings with this injury. However, he was mobilized a few days ago in the beautiful victory of the Pacers on the floor of the Lakers, with 19 points and 6 assists, before missing the next two matches.
” He’s going to get stronger. We can follow this program today without worrying about whether he feels good enough to play this game or the next one. I think it’s a good plan “, continued his coach.
The latter must juggle the absences of his major players, whose names have been circulating in transfer rumors for a few weeks. Myles Turner, on the sidelines for another two weeks, is hit in the foot, Domantas Sabonis in the ankle and Caris LeVert in the calf. The injuries of the last two are less serious.
Indiana seems anyway promised a second half of the season without stake. With 17 wins and 30 losses, the Pacers are now six wins behind the Celtics, 10th in the Eastern Conference.
With 18.5 points and nearly 6 assists and 5 rebounds, Malcolm Brogdon has a solid third year with them, even though he has experienced a significant drop in 3-point skill (from 38.8% to 30.7%).
| Malcolm Brogdon | Percentage | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | party | Int | bp | CT | Points |
| 2016-17 | MIL | 75 | 26 | 45.7 | 40.4 | 86.5 | 0.6 | 2.2 | 2.8 | 4.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 10.2 |
| 2017-18 | MIL | 48 | 30 | 48.5 | 38.5 | 88.2 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 13.0 |
| 2018-19 | MIL | 64 | 29 | 50.5 | 42.6 | 92.8 | 1.0 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 0.7 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 15.6 |
| 2019-20 | IND | 54 | 31 | 43.8 | 32.6 | 89.2 | 0.9 | 4.0 | 4.9 | 7.1 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 16.5 |
| 2020-21 | IND | 56 | 35 | 45.3 | 38.8 | 86.4 | 1.0 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 0.3 | 21.2 |
| 2021-22 | IND | 28 | 33 | 44.8 | 30.7 | 86.1 | 0.9 | 4.3 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 18.5 |
| Total | 325 | 30 | 46.4 | 37.7 | 88.3 | 0.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 15.4 | |
