The Utah Jazz’s Iron Man finally needed a night off.
Forward Joe Ingles had played through plenty of bumps and bruises, soreness and fatigue, sprains and even a bloodied head over the course of the past 384 games — the league’s longest consecutive games played streak. But that streak came to an end Friday night in Milwaukee, as Ingles dealt with an Achilles injury that kept him out of action.
“I know he’d be playing if he could,” Jazz head coach Quin Snyder said. “There have been a lot of times he’s played through pain and probably injuries he hasn’t told us about.