Milwaukee Bucks backup centre Jericho Sims will be out for approximately four weeks after undergoing successful surgery to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb today. Sims’ injury occurred in Saturday’s 126-119 win over the Indiana Pacers. The surgery was performed by Dr. Michelle Carlson at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.
Going the surgical route to repair Sims’ injury was clearly on the table as soon as the game concluded against the Pacers, with Doc Rivers hinting at it in his pregame media availability the following night against the Oklahoma City Thunder:
He did suit up and play 12 minutes last night (no points, four rebounds), so it appeared the initial plan was to play through it.