Last week a reporter asked Kobe if he would be excited about the first preseason game versus the new-look Clippers. He laughed the reporter off. But if you watched that game, it was clear that he was going all out. So much so that he landed awkwardly on his wrist.
Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant has a torn wrist ligament and did not play in Wednesday night’s 108-103 loss against the Los Angeles Clippers.
The Lakers have listed Bryant’s status as day to day.
“It was mine and Kobe’s and the doctor’s decision to sit him tonight, but if tonight was a playoff game, maybe [he could play],” coach Mike Brown said during his pregame remarks. “It’s a preseason game.”
Jason Kapono started at shooting guard in Bryant’s place.
Bryant suffered the right wrist injury, his shooting hand, in the Lakers’ 114-95 loss to the Clippers on Monday when he fell to the floor in the third quarter after having his shot attempt blocked by DeAndre Jordan.
Bryant was examined by Dr. Steven Shin of the Kerlan-Jobe Orthopaedic Clinic and underwent an MRI exam on Wednesday.
Results show that Bryant has a torn lunotriquetral ligament. The lunotriquetral ligament is a band of tissue that connects bones in the wrist.
Source: espn.com
