Bad injury luck continues to invade the Magic’s 2024-25 season.
Add Jalen Suggs to the list.
Suggs suffered what looked to be a non-contact injury — that the team later called back spasms — in Friday’s 106-97 win over the Raptors, requiring him to leave in a wheelchair with over three minutes left in the second quarter.
“Back spasms is what it is right now,” Orlando coach Jamahl Mosley told reporters after the victor. “We’re going to get a better look at him tomorrow.”
Suggs, an all-world perimeter defender, was attempting to play the passing lanes and record a steal but went down, favoring his lower backside.
The Magic were already without Paolo Banchero and Franz Wagner (oblique injuries), while Mo Wagner was lost for the season in December after he tore an ACL.
Jalen Suggs (4) leaves the game in a wheelchair after suffering an apparent back injury. AP
Jalen Suggs looks on during the game against the Toronto Raptors on January 3, 2025 at the Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NBAE via Getty ImagesSuggs, now in his fourth year, has made another leap for the Magic after inking a five-year, $150 million extension in October.
Suggs came into Friday averaging a career-best 16.8 points per game.
He finished with six points in 13 minutes before the injury.
