Jaden Ivey’s screams of pain were audible through the TV broadcast. The third-year Detroit Pistons guard was lying on the ground and grabbing at his left leg, making no effort to get up.
With 10:07 left to play in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night’s game, he and Orlando Magic guard Cole Anthony each went after a long rebound that was tipped toward the top of the key. The ball came Ivey’s direction, who looked to gather and attack the rim with momentum carrying him toward the lane. Anthony was coming from a side angle and was behind Ivey, but he dove for the ball and beat Ivey to it.
In the process, Ivey was wiped out by the incidental contact. It wasn’t long before each team realized the situation was serious.
“Just gotta pray for the young man,” Magic coach Jamahl Mosley said of the incident postgame. “It was heartbreaking to see that happen. I mean, you’re out there competing as best as you can and you never want to see that happen to anyone.”
“Yeah, it was devastating,” Magic guard Kentavious Caldwell-Pope said postgame. “I didn’t really see what happened. Our Cole Anthony, he just dove for the ball and I just happened to see (Ivey) just hitting the floor. Thought it was just a leg cramp at first or him just turning [his ankle] a little bit, but happened to turn out worse than that.”
As the Magic’s broadcast went to commercial, Ivey’s Pistons teammates began surrounding him and a stretcher was wheeled onto the Little Caesars Arena floor. When it came back from break, the entire Orlando team joined Detroit in huddling around Ivey, who was still yet to be lifted off the court.
“It hurts any time you see a brother go down,” Magic guard Jalen Suggs said Wednesday. “You could hear it in his voice; he was yelling when it happened, the pain that was coming from in him. Yeah, definitely praying for brother. I know he’s a man of his faith. I pray that he leans on that, that God sends him a message, not only heals him and places His hand upon him, but sends him a message and allows him to learn through this time out.
“Just well wishes, sending our love to brother. I’m going to check in on him.”
Cameras focused on Anthony saw him in tears, as were multiple Detroit players and coach J.B Bickerstaff. When Ivey was eventually placed on the stretcher, his left leg was covered in towels. Both teams showed their support for him as he was wheeled off the court for further examination prior to the game’s resumption.
As of Thursday morning, the extent of Ivey’s injury is not yet known.
“Just my thoughts and my prayers – our thoughts and our prayers are with him, praying it’s not as bad as it looked,” Mosley said. “I pray for a speedy recovery, whatever the case may be.”
Mosley said his team spoke during the stoppage in play about praying for and sending well wishes to Ivey, acknowledging it as an unfortunate part of the game that no one ever hopes to see happen. When meeting with the media, he hadn’t yet had the opportunity to speak directly with Anthony but knew he was struggling with the injury he’d accidentally caused.
“He was obviously visibly distraught,” Mosley said. “It’s not something you go out [and] try to do, and I think that, again, my heart breaks for the young man for what happened.”
The fourth-year Magic coach also spoke on finding a way to refocus and generate some momentum out of the stoppage. After all, Orlando was in the midst of another feverish comeback attempt. Said effort was thwarted in a nine-point loss, however.
The process of getting back going? Easier said than done.
“It’s not easy. [We’re] still human beings,” Suggs said, speaking on the challenge of resuming the game following the injury. “It’s still normal to react to those things and feel sorry, have your mind be there for a little bit with him, especially with the moment. Not only for him, but for CA (Cole Anthony), who didn’t try to go out and do it, you know. It was unintentional, was just trying to play hard [and] make a bail play for the team.”
Added Suggs: “It’s just unfortunate that the game works out like that sometimes. So for both guys – CA but definitely Jaden – sending prayers, sending love, and yeah man, hoping for a healthy and speedy recovery.”
“You could see it out there, we all felt for JI (Jaden Ivey),” Caldwell-Pope said.
Ivey finished with 22 points on 8-of-11 shooting, drilling five threes and dishing out four assists in 27 minutes.
Through 30 games this season, he’s averaging career highs in points (17.6), rebounds (4.1), field goal percentage (46.0%) and three-point percentage (40.9%).
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St. Hubert pastor discusses the Archdiocese of Detroit’s restructuring
The Rev. Douglas Bignall of St. Hubert Catholic Church in Harrison Township discusses the ongoing restructuring effort by the Archdiocese of Detroit on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
The list of churches targeted for the possible stoppage of weekend Masses has grown to at least 58 parishes across southeast Michigan, according to the latest proposed models the Archdiocese of Detroit had released as part of its major restructuring process through Friday.
At least 22 parishes under the first round of proposed models wouldn’t hold weekend Mass. The archdiocese has been divided into 15 planning areas, or geographic areas, and three or four models are being proposed for each planning area, said the Rev. Mario Amore, executive director of parish renewal for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
The archdiocese has been holding listening sessions with parishioners this spring as part of its restructuring plan to get reactions.
The models have different proposed groupings of parishes, in which a grouping would share a pastor and potentially other priests. In some cases, selected churches in the grouping would no longer hold Sunday Mass.
The Archdiocese of Detroit released on May 22 and this past week the model proposals for another five planning areas, including areas of Macomb County, Oakland County and Detroit. Around 36 more parishes would no longer hold Mass in the future under the latest proposals.
Bunches of churches in Detroit would be affected, while four parishes in Troy and three parishes in Clinton Township wouldn’t have Saturday Vigil Mass or Sunday Mass under each of the proposed models presented for their planning areas.
Archdiocese of Detroit spokesperson Holly Fournier said the archdiocese has heard a wide range of reactions about the proposed models, which is “understandable given how personal parish life is for people.”
“Some pastors and parishioners are hopeful about opportunities for stronger collaboration and renewed ministry, while others are experiencing more uncertainty and concern, especially in places where one or more models suggest a parish might no longer host weekend Masses in the future,” she said.
Fournier emphasized that the models are “draft models” and aren’t final decisions.
The models for the final six planning areas will be released in June, according to the restructuring website.
The models are part of the archdiocese’s biggest restructuring plan in years. Announced last fall, Archbishop Edward Weisenburger said the archdiocese can’t maintain the roughly 200 existing parish buildings it has and is working to “right-size” the archdiocese, along with its personnel and financial resources.
Fournier said the draft models were developed by priests earlier this year and are being presented in listening sessions as proposals “meant to spark broader consultation with the faithful.” Each parish in the archdiocese is holding listening sessions this spring or early summer.
In other dioceses that have undergone restructuring processes like the Archdiocese of Detroit’s, as many as 20-40% of the initial models were changed as a result of parishioner feedback, Fournier said.
“That is why it is so important for Catholics to attend their parish listening sessions to view these models and provide their honest feedback, so informed adjustments can be made where necessary,” she said in an email.
One of the most heavily affected groupings is Planning Area 1, which includes west Detroit. Ten of its 13 parishes would not have Saturday Vigil Mass or Sunday Mass in at least one of the model plans. They include Christ the King, Presentation/Our Lady of Victory, SS. Peter and Paul (Jesuit), SS. Peter and Paul (Westside), St. Charles Lwanga Church, St. Mary of Redford, St. Moses the Black Parish, St. Peter Claver Parish, St. Scholastica and St. Suzanne-Our Lady Gate of Heaven, all of which are in Detroit.
Planning Area 9, which includes southeastern Oakland County, has between 15 and 19 parishes, depending on the model. Ten of the parishes wouldn’t hold weekend Mass in at least one of the models. Four of them are in Troy.
They include St. Lucy in Troy, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Troy, Christ Our Light in Troy, St. Thomas More in Troy, St. Owen in Bloomfield Township, Our Lady of La Salette in Berkley, Our Mother of Perpetual Help in Oak Park, St. Justin-St. Mary Magdalen in Hazel Park, St. Vincent Ferrer in Madison Heights and Divine Providence in Southfield.
Planning Area 10, which includes all of northern Oakland County and parts of western Oakland County, has 19 to 22 parishes, depending on the model. Seven would stop holding weekend Mass in at least one of the models, including St. Benedict in Waterford Township, St. Thomas More in Troy, Sacred Heart in Auburn Hills, St. John Fisher Chapel University Parish in Auburn Hills, St. Perpetua in Waterford Township, St. Rita in Holly and Prince of Peace in West Bloomfield Township.
Planning Area 12, which includes parts of southern and eastern Macomb County, has 16 parishes. Four Warren parishes and three Clinton Township parishes would stop holding Mass under the draft models.
St. Louise de Marillac in Warren wouldn’t hold Saturday Vigil or Sunday Mass in two of the three draft models presented by the archdiocese. Six other parishes would not hold weekend Mass in only one of the models, including St. Louis in Clinton Township, San Francesco in Clinton Township, St. Ronald in Clinton Township, St. Martin de Porres in Warren, St. Faustina in Warren and St. Mark in Warren.
Planning Area 13, which includes areas of central and northern Macomb County and a parish in Troy, has 14 or 16 parishes, depending on the draft model. Three parishes in the planning area wouldn’t have weekend Mass under at least one of the models: St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Sterling Heights, St. Matthias in Sterling Heights and SS. John and Paul in Washington Township.
Amore said that if a church stops holding Sunday Mass, parishioners are encouraged to worship at other churches in their “pastorate,” which is a grouping of parishes overseen by a pastor. In the long term, the church building might close, or other sacramental celebrations might take place there, such as weddings and baptisms, he said.
The parish’s buildings could also be repurposed for other uses, such as religious education classes.
Fournier said the proposed models are meant to “foster discussion and discernment.”
“We encourage Catholics to stay engaged in the process, share their feedback honestly, and remember that the goal is not simply organizational change, but ensuring vibrant Catholic communities for future generations,” she said.
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