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Season scrapped Suns' Gugliotta lost for year with knee injury
Posted: Saturday March 11, 2000 10:30 PM
PHOENIX (AP) -- Phoenix Suns forward Tom Gugliotta will miss the rest of the season after tearing two ligaments in his left knee during Friday night's game against Utah. Dr. Richard Emerson, the team's orthopedic surgeon, drained fluid from Gugliotta's knee Saturday and said an MRI exam showed "three major injuries -- complete ruptures of the anterior cruciate ligament and the medial collateral ligament and damage to the meniscal attachment." Emerson said all three areas require surgery, and Gugliotta might need a year to recover from the reconstruction in his knee. The surgery likely will be in about a week. "We've had experience with ACL injuries in this organization," said Emerson, noting knee injuries to former Suns forward Danny Manning.
Gugliotta was injured with 3:09 remaining in the 99-96 loss to Utah. Suns guard Randy Livingston drove to the basket and fell into Gugliotta's left leg. Gugliotta fell to the floor in pain, gripping his knee, and needed help to get to the locker room. The injury will keep Gugliotta from playing for the U.S. team in the Olympics this fall in Australia.
Gugliotta was averaging 13.7 points and 7.9 rebounds this season. He missed seven games after suffering a life-threatening seizure on the team bus Dec. 17 in Portland because of a reaction to a food supplement.
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