'Hoping it’s not that bad': Carlisle on Furphy knee injury

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Australian rising star Johnny Furphy came down awkwardly grabbing his right knee after an exclusive dunk during the Indiana Pacers 122-104 loss to the Toronto Raptors in Canada on Monday, February 9, 2026 (AEDT).

Furphy, 21, "was able to walk to the bench with help, but then was taken back to the locker room in a wheelchair."

He had played 15 minutes as a starter, had four points (2-from-3), two rebounds and three assists.

His status remains unclear.

Indiana Pacers head coach Rick Carlisle said: "We’re not sure about the Furphy situation. He’ll get testing tomorrow in New York, and we’ll see where things are.

"It’s pretty clear that the third quarter was the difference in the game. Their small lineup was a very good adjustment for them, and we didn’t do well with it. We did very poorly with it. They got stops, they got downhill, they got to the rim, and we didn’t have enough resistance. So there you go.

"That’s the difference. That’s the entire difference in the game.

"We don’t know what it is yet, so we’re hoping it’s not that bad. But we don’t know right now, and so we’re just going to hope for the best."

Indiana Pacers beat writer Alex Golden wrote Scott Agness wrote: "The reactions said it all. It was hard on all of the Pacers. Great concern for Johnny Furphy, who suffered a right leg injury and was taken back to the locker room in a wheel chair."

Furphy made his first career start for the Pacers back on December 28, 2025 and wasted no time taking advantage of it with several highflying dunks to an already stacked highlight reel despite a tough loss on the road to the Miami Heat.

He missed the first 21 games of the 2025-26 season with a foot injury before starting the Pacers' last 20 games as Carlisle was giving the second-year Kansas Jayhawks NCAA star growth minutes for the injury-depleted 2025 NBA Finalists.

Furphy told Indiana legend Quinn Buckner during a podcast on January 6: "I think compared to last year, I feel like I’m more comfortable coming into the second year.

"I know what to expect. There’s not gonna be as many surprises as it was last year. Obviously it’s a long, long year, so I’m feeling a lot more comfortable and I’m excited.

"I’m pretty young, so I think I’m just scratching the surface."

Buckner, 71, who won an NBA Championship alongside Indiana legend Larry Bird with the Boston Celtics in 1984, showed plenty of admiration for the athletic 2.03m wing out of Kansas.

"I don’t know if anybody could understand fully what it’s like to be an international player in a game like this," Buckner asked Furphy.

"You gotta make those adjustments. How have you been able to do that?

"Obviously I gotta be able to hit open shots," Furphy said.

"And so that’s so important, being as consistent as possible. I’ve had a lot of support from the coaching staff, a lot of individual workouts, helping me just become more consistent with my shots. So still a long way to go.

"I feel like I’ve always been the youngest and smallest guy on every team I’ve played for, so I am familiar with how it is. But this is just on a bigger scale.

"Like some of the guys that are just genuine athletes. It's such a big part of the game, the physicality. Just scratching the surface."

No injury update has been given on Furphy (yet).