The Los Angeles Lakers announced Rajon Rondo underwent successful surgery on Thursday to repair the fracture of the third metacarpal on his right hand. He’s projected to miss four to five weeks.
Rondo suffered the injury in the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s win against the Portland Trail Blazers. Lakers head coach Luke Walton said the belief was Rondo sustained the injury when he stole the ball from Jusuf Nurkiu0107 with around 8 minutes remaining in the fourth quarter.
However, replay of another sequence roughly one minute later in which Rondo slipped and regained his balance, show him flexing his right hand at that moment.