Otega Oweh sustains non-contact injury in OKC's preseason win over Pacers

After closing out on Braden Smith, Otega Oweh tried to get the rebound. Instead, he sustained a scary non-contact injury. Immediately folding on the floor, he grabbed the back end of his right ankle. The quarter-filled OKC crowd was stunned in disbelief. Any excitement from the Oklahoma City Thunder in their 114-112 overtime preseason win over the Indiana Pacers was zapped away. The 23-year-old needed help to walk off the floor as a few of his NBA teammates carried him into the locker room. You don't want to speculate, but Oweh's injury looked like a textbook torn Achilles tendon.
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