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Brigid Kennedy

Donte DiVincenzo’s Achilles Tear Has Furthered a Strange NBA Playoff Trend

Donte DiVincenzo’s Achilles tear shares an eerie similarity with those of Tyrese Haliburton, Damian Lillard and Jayson Tatum—and it’s not that all four injuries happened during the NBA playoffs (although that is pretty notable, as well).

Rather, it’s that all four players wear the No. 0 on their jerseys. Which means that, across the last two NBA postseasons so far, only the athletes with a zero on their chests were the ones who tore their Achilles tendons. Very weird ... and also maybe an omen for the most superstitious athletes to heed?!

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