{"id":65571,"date":"2024-03-02T12:06:24","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T17:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=65571"},"modified":"2024-03-02T12:06:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T17:06:24","slug":"injuries-barnes-westbrook-teams-interested-shake-milton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2024\/03\/02\/injuries-barnes-westbrook-teams-interested-shake-milton\/","title":{"rendered":"NBA Rumors: How Injuries To Scottie Barnes and Russell Westbrook Affect Raptors and Clippers. Plus, Shake Milton, TJ Warren"},"content":{"rendered":"

Los Angeles reserve point guard Russell Westbrook<\/strong><\/a> and Toronto Raptors star forward Scottie Barnes<\/strong><\/a> will be sidelined for an extended period after suffering significant injuries last night.<\/p>\n

Westbrook<\/a> suffered a broken hand in the Clippers 140-115 victory over the Washington Wizards and is out indefinitely.<\/p>\n

“I just feel bad for Russ right now,” Clippers coach Tyronn Lue said postgame<\/a>. “You never want to see a player get hurt\u2026<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if he needs surgery or anything yet, but he’s out right now, so just suffered trying to figure it out.”<\/p>\n

NBA Rumors: How Injuries To Scottie Barnes and Russell Westbrook Affect Raptors and Clippers. Plus, Several Teams Reportedly Interested In Shake Milton<\/h2>\n

Westbrook suffered the injury early in the second quarter when he attempted to pick the pocket of Wizards guard Jordan Poole<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the play where it appears that Russell Westbrook suffer his hand injury. He grabs at and flexes his hand multiple times immediately after trying to poke the ball out of Jordan Poole\u2019s hands. https:\/\/t.co\/we7FFBzDxX<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/vqgUTDt7px<\/a><\/p>\n

— Tomer Azarly (@TomerAzarly) March 2, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n