Kobe Bryant Injures Right Index Finger
December 12, 2009
Not much has gone wrong for the Los Angeles Lakers as they have blazed off to the best record in the league. Now they have to deal with a little bit of adversity as Kobe Bryant has an avulsion fracture in his shooting hand, which is a tiny fragment of bone tearing away near a tendon or ligament. The good news is that he was able to return to the floor after spending a part of the second quarter in the locker room.
Bryant hurt the top joint on the index finger on his right hand while reaching for a pass along with Minnesota’s Ryan Gomes late in the first quarter of the Lakers’ game against the Timberwolves. After getting tape on the finger from trainer Gary Vitti, he returned to the game briefly in the second quarter before going to the locker room for the rest of the half.
Bryant returned after halftime with the finger fully covered in tape, hitting a 3-pointer and two more baskets in the opening minutes. Bryant is the NBA’s second-leading scorer with 28.8 points per game.
The NBA point spreads don’t seem to really show this as being a big deal for the Lakers game in Utah tonight, list LA as a 1.5 point favorite despite the fact that the Jazz play so well at home. Take a look at the NBA picks on this game from all of our experts to see if they think the injury will hurt the Lakers chances of covering or if the machine will keep rolling along.
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