The Houston Rockets may have to do without Patrick Beverley for a while. The second-year guard suffered a fracture of his right hand during their Dec. 21 game against the Detroit Pistons.
The Houston Chronicle's Jonathan Feigen reported that Beverley will have exams tomorrow to determine the severity of the injury.
Pat Beverley has a fracture in his right hand. More examinations planned for tomorrow. Obviously out.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) December 22, 2013
Feigen added more detail about a potential timetable:
Pat Beverley said he was told his fourth metacapal was fractured and would be out 4 to 6 weeks. Talk in locker room sounded more like 6.
— Jonathan Feigen (@Jonathan_Feigen) December 22, 2013
Adam Wexler of CSN Houston added this:
"We're not going to have Pat for awhile," - McHale after the game. (PBev fractured right hand will be re-evaluated tomorrow). #Rockets
— AdamWexlerCSN (@awexler) December 22, 2013
Although he hasn't lit up the stat sheet this year, Beverley has become a key piece of this Rockets team. He usurped the starting point guard job from Je ...
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