Depth is a good thing to have in the NBA, but it can also disappear in the blink of an eye. Joffrey Lauvergne suffered an injury to his right zygomatic (cheekbone) just one minute into the second half against the Washington Wizards. He was down under the hoop after taking an elbow to the face and was unable to return to action. He’ll get a CT scan to rule out a possible fracture, but received stitches for a laceration and had a swollen purple right eye when seen exiting the locker room after the game.
Michael Malone turned to Jusuf Nurkic for big second half minutes and the Bosnian Beast responded.