OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook will miss at least four weeks of NBA action after surgery on Saturday, November 1 to repair a broken bone in his right hand.
Westbrook suffered a small break in the second metacarpal of his right hand after hitting teammate Kendrick Perkins’ elbow while going for a rebound during the first half of the Thunder’s game against the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday.
After further tests, he had surgery at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
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Thunder general manager Sam Presti said Westbrook will be further evaluated in four weeks before his status will be updated.
“The circumstances that we’re being presented with right now are temporary,” Presti said in a release. “It’s our job to eliminate the dramatics and harness our mentality and make sure that we’re productively using the time so that when those guys do come back and we start to get our full complement of players, we have built a collective mentality and momentum that’s only going to be accelerated when we get our group together.”
Westbrook scored 38 points in Wednesday’s season opener against Portland.
The Thunder were already without reigning NBA Most Valuable Player Kevin Durant, who had surgery to repair a broken foot before the start of the season. The Thunder are also missing the services of Reggie Jackson, Mitch McGary, Anthony Morrow, Jeremy Lamb and Grant Jerrett due to injuries. – Rappler.com
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