Oklahoma City Thunder starting All-Star point guard Russell Westbrook suffered a small fracture of the second metacarpal in his right hand Thursday night in a contest versus the Los Angeles Clipper, coach Scott Brooks said as reported below by ESPN’s J.A. Adande.
So, small fracture in second metacarpal in Russell Westbrook’s right hand, per Scott Brooks.
— J.A. Adande (@jadande) October 31, 2014
Horrible, terrible news for the Oklahoma City Thunder as they still don’t have Kevin Durant. Westbrook had X-rays taken at Staples Center and was set to be re-evaluated Friday. He returned to the Thunder bench in the third quarter, still in uniform but with a bag of ice wrapped around his hand, then left for the locker room again at the end of the quarter.
Russell Westbrook walks to locker room with an apparent right hand injury, has to be restrained from a heckler as he heads to tunnel.
— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) October 31, 2014
Westbrook exited Thursday night’s 93-90 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers with 6:35 left in the second quarter and did not return.
Westbrook exchanged words with a heckler, check it out below courtesy of a fan video.
Watch Westbrook
https://youtu.be/C25obsODyPQ
The Thunder though held their own against the Clippers. At the end of the game they only had 8 healthy players to suit up. Only 8! Perry Jones III played out of his mind and finished with 32 points, 7 Rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block.
Check out how the Thunder may be without Durant and Westbrook.
What will OKC look like without Kevin Durant & Russell Westbrook? Here’s an idea of how they would’ve been last year: pic.twitter.com/44qXWPUgS7
— ESPN Stats & Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) October 31, 2014
