{"id":1324,"date":"2016-10-07T18:26:30","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T22:26:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonprobasketball.com\/?p=1324"},"modified":"2016-10-08T01:15:17","modified_gmt":"2016-10-08T05:15:17","slug":"gordon-hayward-broken-finger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2016\/10\/07\/gordon-hayward-broken-finger\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Gordon Hayward Out Six Weeks With Broken Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<strong>Utah Jazz&#8217;s<\/strong> season is off to a rough start. News out of Salt Lake City today is that star forward <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/haywago01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gordon Hayward<\/a><\/strong> is expected to miss the next 6 weeks with a broken and dislocated finger on his left\u00a0hand.<\/p>\n<p>The story was first broken by <strong>Chris Haynes<\/strong> of <strong>ESPN.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sources: Utah Jazz forward Gordon Hayward dislocated finger on left hand and is in process of determining next step. Expected to miss time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes\/status\/784494600735993856\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 7, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Gordon Hayward Out Six Weeks With Finger Injury<\/h2>\n<p>The injury could set them back early as he was their leading scorer last season averaging 19.7\u00a0points per game. However, the\u00a0loss might not have as big an impact due to their off-season additions\u00a0of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillge01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>George Hill<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/j\/johnsjo02.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joe Johnson<\/a><\/strong>. Hill averaged 12.1 points per game with the <strong>Indiana Pacers<\/strong> last year, and Johnson averaged 12.2 points per game with the\u00a0<strong>Brooklyn Nets<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Miami Heat<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, the Jazz were decimated\u00a0by injury and\u00a0still finished 9th in the conference. Key players <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/b\/burksal01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Alec Burks<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/g\/goberru01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Rudy Gobert<\/strong><\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basketball-reference.com\/players\/f\/favorde01.html\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Derrick Favors<\/strong><\/a> missed a combined 92 games last season. If those players can stay healthy this year, they should be able to sustain the early loss of Hayward, and\u00a0as a result\u00a0make a big leap in the Western Conference standings.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:<\/p>\n<div class=\"getty embed image\" style=\"background-color: #fff; display: inline-block; font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; color: #a7a7a7; font-size: 11px; width: 100%; max-width: 594px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 0; margin: 0; text-align: left;\"><a style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/161201416\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"overflow: hidden; position: relative; height: 0; padding: 66.666667% 0 0 0; width: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: inline-block; position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; margin: 0;\" src=\"\/\/embed.gettyimages.com\/embed\/161201416?et=fKNYHt5XQYp9190FmrPQBw&amp;viewMoreLink=on&amp;sig=V-cAyRr-LmzFOLi7nVKWRjSEqPJ9imp1Ee1puxmTnJo=&amp;caption=true\" width=\"594\" height=\"396\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin: 0;\">\n<\/div>\n<p>Denver Nuggets shooting guard Rudy Fernandez (5) defends Utah Jazz small forward Gordon Hayward (20) during the second quarter at the Pepsi Center on Wednesday, December 28, 2011. AAron Ontiveroz, The Denver Post (Photo By AAron Ontiveroz\/The Denver Post via Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Utah Jazz&#8217;s season is off to a rough start. News out of Salt Lake City today is that star forward Gordon Hayward is expected to miss the next 6 weeks with a broken and dislocated finger on his left\u00a0hand. The story was first broken by Chris Haynes of ESPN. 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