Report gives major injury update on Pacers' Jarace Walker

Alex Walsh

Report gives major injury update on Pacers' Jarace Walker image

At the end of Game 6 in Indiana, Pacers' Jarace Walker went down with what appeared to be a lower-body injury.

A couple of days later, we were able to get an update on his condition and timeline.

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How long will Jarace Walker be out?

Evan Sidery of Forbes reported that Pacers' coach Rick Carlisle gave an update on Walker's condition on 'The Fan Morning Show.' 

Walker suffered an ankle injury that is said to keep him out "at least the first two games of the NBA Finals" according to Sidery.

Walker wasn't playing huge minutes, but Indiana goes farther into their bench than other playoff teams might choose to, so having healthy/added depth is always a positive.

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Jarace is a former 8th overall pick in the 2023 NBA Draft.

He played 15.8 MPG in 75 games played in the 24-25 regular season, averaging 6.1 PPG and 3.1 RPG.

Game 1 of the NBA Finals kicks off in OKC this Thursday night on ABC.

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Alex Walsh

Alex is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. A current Sports Media major at Hofstra University in New York, he is a huge Celtics and NBA fan who gets way too many notifications from NBA insiders on X. He became interested in PDC Darts at the beginning of 2024 and has been obsessed ever since.