Dec

19

Cut May Sideline Nowitzki Against Cavaliers Sunday

Posted by Stephen Rhodes under NBA Injuries, NBA News 

Dirk Nowitzki

As I reported here Saturday, Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki, in a collision with Houston Rockets Carl Landry, suffered a cut on his elbow when it met Landry’s mouth. Landry broke five teeth in the collision – parts of two were embedded in Nowitzki’s cut.

Because of the collision, Nowitzki could possibly miss Sunday’s game when the Mavericks meet the Cleveland Cavaliers, according to Marc J. Spears of Yahoo! Sports; the team has Nowitzki listed as questionable for the Sunday contest and team officials are unsure when he will return. Fortunately, the cut Nowitzki suffered wasn’t severe enough to require surgery.

For those of you who didn’t watch the Rockets-Mavericks game Saturday, Nowitzki was injured when he drove into the lane and missed a short jumper with 9:28 left in the second quarter. Landry was hit in the mouth by Nowitzki’s right elbow and bit entirely through his mouthpiece during the impact. Mavericks swingman Josh Howard started in place of Nowitzki in the second half.


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