Knicks’ Jalen Brunson on Donte DiVincenzo’s devastating Achilles injury: ‘It sucks to see’

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Knicks’ Jalen Brunson on Donte DiVincenzo’s devastating Achilles injury: ‘It sucks to see’

Former Knicks sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo became the fourth player over the past two playoffs to go down with a season-ending Achilles injury.

Knicks’ Jalen Brunson on Donte DiVincenzo’s devastating Achilles injury: ‘It sucks to see’

Former Knicks sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo became the fourth player over the past two playoffs to go down with a season-ending Achilles injury.

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Former Knicks sharpshooter Donte DiVincenzo became the fourth player over the past two playoffs to go down with a season-ending Achilles injury.

DiVincenzo suffered the devastating injury just 79 seconds into the first quarter of Minnesota’s Game 4 matchup with the Nuggets on Saturday night.

The shooting guard lofted up a three, then went down with the non-contact injury as he planted his leg going after the offensive rebound.

He immediately signaled towards the bench and left to the locker room.

DiVincenzo was able to walk off under his own power, but was later shown around halftime leaving the stadium in a wheelchair and a splint.

He was ruled out and the diagnosis was confirmed postgame.

Jalen Brunson and the rest of DiVincenzo’s former Knicks teammates received the news following their victory over the Hawks, and the captain immediately reached out.

“I talked to him, he seems in good spirits,” Brunson said Monday. “He’s formulating a plan and I wish him nothing but the best, it just sucks to see -- after the game that was like the first thing I heard, and I looked it up and saw it.

“That’s my brother, tough to see, but he’ll be back stronger.”

DiVincenzo was capping off another strong season with the Timberwolves, in which he appeared in all 82 regular season games and shot 38 percent from three-point land.

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