According to the Brooklyn Nets, Kyrie Irving sustained a left side facial fracture after being elbowed during a pickup game at the team’s practice facility Tuesday. He is listed as day to day. The injury happened during one of the final workouts before the team opens training camp. It was less than an hour before [...]
September 26, 2019
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Kyrie Irving’s first game while wearing a protective mask this season went pretty well. The point guard, who’s recovering from facial fractures after withstanding an elbow from teammate Aron Baynes, put up 25 points and five assists on 8-of-20 shooting in the Boston Celtics’ Tuesday night victory over the Brooklyn Nets. Though he wasn’t especially [...]
November 15, 2017
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Kyrie Irving suffered a facial fracture in the first quarter of the Boston Celtics’ Friday night victory over the Charlotte Hornets. The injury forced him to miss the team’s Sunday night tilt (and win) against the Toronto Raptors. But that’s all the time it will cost him. Irving is slated to return when the Celtics [...]
November 14, 2017
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