76ers’ Tyrese Maxey out at least 3 weeks with finger tendon injury

Philadelphia 76ers star guard Tyrese Maxey has been identified with a tendon injury to his proper Pinkie and can be reevaluated in roughly three weeks, the crew introduced Tuesday.

The All-Star starter was (*3*) with teammate Adem Bona with 16 seconds left in a loss at atlanta on Saturday. Maxey instantly grabbed his proper hand, tucking it underneath his jersey as he walked on to the locker room.

Coach Nick Nurse mentioned Monday that Maxey underwent X-rays and an MRI that confirmed there have been no broken bones in his hand. But Nurse did say Maxey would “see the hand specialists to figure out what’s next.”

Maxey underwent extra imaging and consultations with a number of hand specialists earlier than being identified with the tendon injury, in line with the crew.

Maxey sprained the identical pinkie final season. He is averaging profession highs in factors (29), rebounds (4.1), assists (6.7), steals (2) and blocks (0.8) in 61 video games for Philadelphia, which entered its sport Tuesday towards Memphis in eighth place within the Eastern Conference with 4 losses within the final 5 video games.

Philadelphia is 33-28 with Maxey — the one participant with 100 steals and 50 blocks this season — and 1-2 with out him.

The final day of the NBA common season is April 12. If Maxey had been to not play once more within the common season, he would fall 4 video games wanting qualifying for the year-end NBA awards.

Also sidelined for Philadelphia towards the Grizzlies had been Joel Embiid (proper indirect pressure) and Paul George (league suspension). Embiid can be lacking his fifth consecutive contest, and Nurse mentioned that he could be reevaluated later this week. George is a pair weeks away from coming back from a 25-game suspension for violating the phrases of the NBA’s anti-drug program.

Over the previous two seasons, the 76ers have performed simply 31 video games with Embiid, George and Maxey all out there.

Maxey at the moment leads the league in minutes per sport and 1000’s traveled per sport. His 29 PPG ranks fourth within the NBA and is probably the most by a 76ers guard since Allen Iverson in 2005-06.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.