Jalen Suggs injury update: Orlando Magic suffers huge blow as $150.5 million star hit with apparent knee injury against Knicks

Jalen Suggs hit the floor in pain with 2:11 left in the fourth quarter of Orlando’s 111-102 win over the New York Knicks on Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The $150.5 million guard missed a transition layup, landed awkwardly on his right knee and stayed down. There was no contact on the play. Suggs needed help to reach the locker room and did not return. The Magic still picked up their first win of the season after an 0-2 start, but the result felt secondary by the final buzzer. Paolo Banchero is already out with a high ankle sprain from Friday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves. Losing a second starter would stretch the rotation thin in a hurry. Testing is next, and the results will show how serious the damage is.Jalen Suggs injury update after the knee scare in New YorkThe play itself looked routine. Suggs went up for the layup, came down on the right knee and rolled in pain under the basket. He stayed on the floor for some time before others helped him up. The guard limped off with people supporting him and put barely any weight on the leg.Suggs finished with four points, six rebounds, six assists and three steals on 2-of-8 shooting. The scoring was quiet, but he was still filling the stat sheet in other ways before the fall.Magic coach Sean Sweeney spoke with Suggs after the game and described the guard as in “good spirits,” per NBA reporter Darko Dželetović. The team has not shared specifics on the injury. Early postgame reports point to an MRI in the coming days, and further testing is set for Monday. The non-contact nature of the play is what makes the wait uncomfortable.Magic injury problems grow with Paolo Banchero already outOrlando was thin before Sunday. Banchero went down with a high ankle sprain in Friday’s loss to the Timberwolves and is expected to miss multiple weeks. Suggs would be the second starter out in the same week, and the season is only three games old.The Magic are 1-2 after beating a winless Knicks team (0-3) for their first victory. They had dropped their first two games to the Hawks and the Timberwolves. A long absence for Suggs would hit a team still searching for its early rhythm. Orlando did close out the nine-point win without him.Suggs is 25 and in his sixth season. The No. 5 pick in 2021 out of Gonzaga averaged 13.8 points and 5.5 assists last season while helping the Magic reach the playoffs for a third straight year. Orlando was not the only team shaken on Sunday, either. Oklahoma City’s Jalen Williams was stretchered off against the Clippers with a leg injury.Get the latest Sports News and Live updates. Download the TOI app.