Danilo Gallinari drove to the basket midway through the second quarter Sunday afternoon and absorbed a hard foul on the play, forcing him to put his right hand down as he fell to the Staples Center court.
Gallinari was playing in his second game after missing the previous 18 because of a non-disclosed fracture. He admitted after the game that there still was some pain in his shooting hand.
But he had a tough shooting night. He missed eight of his nine shots and finished with seven points to go along with six rebounds.
Gallinari was asked if his rhythm remains off because he had been out for almost five weeks recovering from the hand injury.