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Isaiah Canaan was part of a lot of headlines on Wednesday as he suffered a gruesome leg injury during the game between the Phoenix Suns and Dallas Mavericks. While driving hard to the basket, the veteran guard lost his balance and landed awkwardly on his left leg, twisting his ankle badly and had to be stretchered off the floor.
It’s was very tough to watch and the players from both teams couldn’t bear to see him suffer in pain. Even the crowd inside Talking Stick Resort Arena were in shock with what they saw, and the majority of them immediately said some prayers for Canaan. The Twitterverse also erupted with their reactions to the horrible injury he suffered and did not hold back in expressing their feelings about it.
Our thoughts are with you, @SiP03. pic.twitter.com/1C8tk5LRoA
— Phoenix Suns (@Suns) February 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/MangaFox/status/958916574441803777
Prayers for a speedy recovery. I hope the Suns organization supports your recovery 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
— . (@klowkloe) February 1, 2018
Come on delete this.
— G&RPICKz (@GRPICKz) February 1, 2018
Devastating to see… my prayers are with you, hope for a speedy recovery 🙏🏻o
— 🐺🐺🐺 (@Culverr23) February 1, 2018
How in the hell is Isaiah Canaan so calm after that? That dude is roughly 6000 times tougher than me.
— Scott Howard (@ScottHoward42) February 1, 2018
Prayers up for Isaiah Canaan 🙏
— Dallas Mavericks (@dallasmavs) February 1, 2018
Goran Dragic and some members of the media all took time to make their thoughts known publicly as well upon seeing what happened to Canaan. They offered prayers for him as well and wished him a speedy recovery.
Prayers up for Isaiah Canaan 🙏
— Goran Dragić (@Goran_Dragic) February 1, 2018
Isaiah Canaan just suffered the same injury Gordon Hayward did in the opener – or, at least, that's exactly what it looked like. Terrible news.
— Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) February 1, 2018
Isaiah Canaan just took a horrible fall and hs left foot is pointin g the wrong direction. Awful, awful injury. Arena is hushed right now and some players couldn't even look at it.
— Eddie Sefko (@ESefko) February 1, 2018
Best wishes to Isaiah Canaan. Felt the same as seeing it happen to Hayward. Dude is a helluva competitor and he'll bounce back just the same.
— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) February 1, 2018
https://twitter.com/EarlKSneed/status/958914417755799553
It has been confirmed, according to Scott Bordow of AZ Central, that he suffered a fractured tibia and ankle and will need to undergo surgery soon. He had just signed a contract for the remainder of the season with the Suns back in December and has been playing well in 18 games for them. Canaan is averaging 9.4 points, 2.4 rebounds, and 4.2 assists in 22.9 minutes per game. More importantly, his veteran smarts have been a welcome addition to the young Suns team and he will surely be missed as he recovers from this devastating injury.
More messages and social media posts from members of the NBA community are expected to pour in the next few days as everyone is hoping for the best for Canaan.
