Simply weeks after Brandin Podziemski suffered a damaged nostril through the NBA preseason, the Warriors’ second-year guard took one other hit to the face through the NBA preseason. Golden State wins 120-97 towards the Atlanta Hawks on Wednesday night time.
Fortuitously, it seems Podziemski escaped with out important damage this time, in keeping with coach Steve Kerr after the sport at Chase Heart.
“He had X-rays of his nostril,” Kerr advised reporters of Podziemski’s situation. “He bought hit within the face with, I feel, an elbow. However the X-rays have been detrimental, so – to this point, so good.”
When requested if Podziemski’s situation was finest described on a day-to-day foundation, Kerr agreed that was the very best approximation he might provide.
Given his robust and turbulent fashion of play, Kerr wasn’t significantly stunned by Podziemski’s involvement in one other unlucky collision.
“It is a frequent sight. He actually sticks his nostril in there each play,” Kerr detailed. “That is why we love him; he is so robust and bodily. He takes costs. He is at all times combating for rebounds, so he will get hit quite a bit.”
Wednesday’s hit occurred within the fourth quarter, when Hawks middle Clint Capela by chance hit Podziemski as each gamers went for a rebound.
Podziemski broke his nostril on October 13 after colliding along with his teammate, ahead/middle Trayce Jackson-Davis, throughout a preseason recreation towards the Detroit Pistons.
Brandin Podziemski broke his nostril final night time, in keeping with Steve Kerr.
Podz was elbowed within the face by Trayce Jackson-Davis within the third quarter and left the sport moments later. pic.twitter.com/FYDCtXuVpX
– Warriors on NBCS (@NBCSWarriors) October 14, 2024
Podziemski had been carrying a protecting masks for greater than a month however solely just lately stopped carrying it. And with fellow guard De’Anthony Melton prepared for Season-ending ACL surgical procedurethe Warriors actually do not want any extra accidents.
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