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Feb. 9, 2017 / 12:52 AM

Milwaukee Bucks' Jabari Parker exits with sprained left knee

Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker. Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI

Milwaukee Bucks forward Jabari Parker. Photo by Brian Kersey/UPI | License Photo

MILWAUKEE -- Bucks forward Jabari Parker sprained his left knee and had to be helped off the court with 6:34 left in the third quarter of Milwaukee's game against the Miami Heat on Wednesday.

He was ruled out for the remainder of the game.

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Parker, 21, tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the same knee 25 games into his rookie season of 2014-15 and missed the remainder of the campaign.

Entering play Wednesday, Parker was averaging 20.2 points, 6.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists this season, all career highs. He was the second overall pick in the 2014 draft out of Duke.

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