Orlando Magic middle Wendell Carter Jr. is about to endure surgical procedure to restore a fractured finger and can be reevaluated in roughly three weeks, the group introduced on Saturday.
Carter fell on his left hand, injuring his third metacarpal, after going for a rebound within the waning seconds of Thursday’s win over the Utah Jazz.
Carter, 24, is averaging 9.4 factors and eight.6 rebounds this season, his sixth within the NBA.
The Magic changed Carter with Goga Bitadze within the beginning lineup for Saturday’s recreation in opposition to the Los Angeles Lakers. Orlando was additionally lacking Markelle Fultz (knee) and Gary Harris (groin) in that recreation.
