Aubrey Plaza Tore Her ACL During WNBA All-Star Weekend

Aubrey Plaza left all of it on the basketball court docket.

Plaza, 40, tore her ACL whereas enjoying a recreation of “knockout” on the Phoenix Mercury apply facility, in line with sports activities commentator Ryan Ruocco. The damage occurred on Saturday, July 20, per the Arizona Republic.

Regardless of the tear, Plaza made her method to the WNBA All-Star recreation later that night time.

“I really feel for Aubrey Plaza. She got here this weekend with a wholesome knee. She’s leaving with a torn ACL because of a hardy recreation of ‘knockout’ on the Mercury apply facility,” Ruocco stated through the basketball recreation.

Whereas on the occasion, the Parks and Recreation actress was seen with crutches and had an ice wrap tied round her knee. WNBA legend Sue Chook was noticed adjusting Plaza’s ice whereas they watched the sport alongside Megan Rapinoe.

“The GOAT lending a serving to hand to @plazadeaubrey 🤝,” the official Seattle Storm account wrote by way of Instagram on Saturday.

Whereas having fun with the match, Plaza was additionally seen photobombing a pic of New York Liberty participant Sabrina Ionescu and Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark.

Following her damage, the White Lotus star appeared to snort in regards to the incident. Seemingly forward of the sport of “knockout,” Plaza was photographed stretching in preparation.

“I suppose that stretching didn’t precisely repay,” Justine Brown wrote by way of her Instagram Story on Sunday, July 21, which Plaza reposted. The subsequent slide confirmed Plaza giving a thumbs up for the digicam as she walked along with her crutches and ice pack.

This isn’t the primary time that Plaza tore her ACL. Again in 2016, Plaza sustained the damage whereas enjoying a recreation of basketball for a Los Angeles ladies’s recreation league. Sooner or later earlier than the second incident, Plaza recalled her preliminary tear.

“I made a decision to play in disguise as anyone else,” Plaza stated throughout a stay recording of Rapinoe and Chook’s podcast “A Contact Extra,” on Friday, July 19, per Rolling Stone. “I used to be like, ‘Nobody will understand it’s me. It’s nice. After which, in the course of the sport, I went up for a shot and tore my ACL on the court docket in a wig. That’s sort of just like the worst-case state of affairs as a result of I used to be attempting to go undercover, and I simply snapped my knee in half, principally.”

She continued, “I needed to be carried off the court docket, and that’s when all eyes have been on me. Folks began to marvel, ‘Is {that a} wig? What’s occurring over there?’”