Sources: Pelicans lose Murray to torn Achilles

NEW ORLEANS -- Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon during Friday night's 118-116 loss to the Boston Celtics, sources told ESPN's Shams Charania.

Murray drove into the lane and took a shot, then went to chase his miss. But he fell to the court and grabbed at the area near his right foot. When he got up, he hobbled toward the nearby Pelicans bench.

He was quickly ruled out with what the team said was an injury to his lower right leg.

"Extremely difficult, when you see a guy that means so much to our team and puts the work in go down like that," Pelicans coach Willie Green said after the game.

The injury-riddled Pelicans were already playing without Zion Williamson, Brandon Ingram and Herb Jones.

"Those are the challenges that we've been going through pretty much all season," Green said.

Murray entered the game averaging 17.9 points per game to go with 7.6 assists and 2.1 steals, both team highs.

Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.