Lauren Jackson limps off court with suspected Achilles injury as WNBL crowd record broken

Opals legend Lauren Jackson has been forced from the court barely a minute into the historic WNBL clash between the Southside Fliers and Sydney Flames at John Cain Arena.

Jackson, 41, limped to the sideline early in the contest with a lower leg injury, reappearing on the bench with crutches.

She will have scans on the injury on Sunday, with commentators naming it a suspected Achilles injury.

“I don’t feel great but it is what it is,” she told the Nine Network.

She then joked: “I’m on borrowed time, anyway.”

Jackson came into the game with a broken bone in her foot that she had carried since a December 8 match against Perth.

Her early exit would have been a huge disappointment to the 7,681 supporters in John Cain Arena, the biggest crowd to ever watch a WNBL match.

However, that crowd would not have been disappointed by the action on court, as the Flames won a thriller 68-67.