Chris Paul suffered a third metacarpal fracture in his right hand

[NewYorkKnight]

Third metacarpal is bone of HAND (not finger). It's between middle finger and the wrist. Long, but usually stable bone if not displaced.

In first 3 games of this series, Clippers are +37 with Chris Paul on the court and -4 without him.

Including tonight, the Clippers were shooting 61.7% (46.2% from 3) off Chris Paul's passes this postseason.

Clippers outscored opponents by 553 with Chris Paul on the floor and were outscored by 202 with Paul off the floor in regular season

 

[NewYorkKnight]

Over the past few seasons, 12 players have suffered an injury to one of the five metacarpal bones in their hand. Of those players, two have seen their seasons destroyed after reinjury, four didn't require surgery, and the others went on to return and play productive basketball.

After fracturing a metacarpal, the average player waited 4.4 days before having surgery. Of course, everyone's case is different, but only Rondo and Turkoglu had surgery the following day after sustaining their injury.

Turkoglu's story is the worst-case scenario for Rondo. He was expected to be out for only four weeks, but he suffered a setback when one of the screws inserted to repair the bone became loose. Upon returning to the court, Turkoglu reinjured the hand and was out for an additional three weeks.

 

[Mobdeeper7239]

Team is cursed.

 

[Mr_Mark]

great info NY Knight

 

[bounceback]

Blazers all of a sudden has a chance in the west....

 

[NewYorkKnight]

Leading Scorers without Chris Paul Clippers This season


Blake Griffin 25.4 PPG
Jamal Crawford 23.9 PPG

 

[JoeShmoe]

Wow Curry out for a minimum of 2 weeks now Paul out for the playoffs! This changes lots of things in the West. Playoff wise and gambling wise.

Don't think Warriors can beat the Spurs without him. Clippers maybe don't get past the Blazers.

 

[NewYorkKnight]

 

[Greenbacks]

Steve Kerr coaches 40 games and he`s coach of the year?....That`s bullshit.

Brad Stevens of the Celtics should have been the easy winner.

 

[Greenbacks]

I hate the Clippers.....Good for them.

 

[NewYorkKnight]

CP3 had surgery today ... will be reevaluated in four to six weeks


Blake Griffin will miss the remainder of the postseason after aggravating his left quad injury.

 

[festeringZit]

With the injuries to Golden State, the Spurs chances are looking pretty good.

I think Cleveland is going to be tough as well, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love healthy.

 

[NewYorkKnight]