Blazers' Zach Collins to undergo season-ending ankle surgery

The Portland Trail Blazers will be without forward Zach Collins for more than just a few games versus the Los Angeles Lakers. 

Portland confirmed Friday afternoon that the 22-year-old will undergo season-ending surgery to repair a hairline medial malleolus stress fracture of his left ankle. The Trail Blazers didn't reveal the date of the operation. 

Collins went down in the first quarter of Portland's play-in game versus the Memphis Grizzlies last Saturday with what the club initially described as left ankle inflammation. He didn't feature against the Lakers in the first two contests of the postseason series. 

It's a brutal end to what was a rough campaign for Collins, as he missed the majority of the regular season due to a shoulder injury he suffered in late October that kept him sidelined until the NBA returned to action in July amid the coronavirus pandemic. 

Collins averaged 7.0 points and 6.3 rebounds in 11 games.