Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green was lucky to shrug off the injury bug after taking a scary fall against the Memphis Grizzlies in their matchup at the FedEx Forum on Tuesday.
Greeen was defending Tyus Jones’ lay-up attempt when his teammate Ky Bowman inadvertently collided with him mid-air with under three minutes left in the third period.
Video of Draymond Green’s injury. Looks like Ky Bowman fell on his elbow after they contested a layup. Brutal stretch for Golden State continues pic.twitter.com/NCps39fUP8
— Logan Murdock (@loganmmurdock) November 20, 2019
Both players were down after the collision, but it was Green who absorbed the most impact as his left elbow hit the deck hard.
Dubs head coach Steve Kerr called for a timeout to take Green out of the game — which was another blow for the already depleted line-up. Luckily for them, Green managed to solider on through the pain and returned to the ball game.
Good news for Warriors — Draymond back in the game after taking a hard fall on his right elbow in the third quarter. He’s wearing a compression sleeve on his elbow now, but appears to be moving around fine.
— Nick Friedell (@NickFriedell) November 20, 2019
Green is the only All-Star left for the Dubs, as Klay Thompson, Stephen Curry and D’Angelo Russell are all sidelined due to injuries.
He has struggled this season so far, only averaging 8.8 points on 38.7 shooting from the field and 28.6 from deep, to go along with 7.1 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.3 steals.
Green already missed a couple of games this year due to torn ligaments on his finger.
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