Los Angeles Clippers\' veteran guard Chauncey Billups will be sidelined for the rest of the NBA season after tearing his left Achilles tendon in Monday\'s game.The club said in a statement on their website that Billups underwent an MRI at the Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, which confirmed the injury and that he needed to receive surgery.\"He will return to Los Angeles on Thursday for further evaluation. A date for surgery is yet to be determined,\" said the club.The 35-year-old was injured in the team\'s 107-102 win at Orlando on Monday. He tumbled on the ground in the fourth quarter needed assistance on both sides to make it off the court.Billups, who was selected third overall in the 1997 draft by the Boston Celtics, was averaging 14.9 points and 4.0 assists in 30.4 minutes per game this season.