Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained what Boston's guard is dealing with and how it will impact him moving forward.

Mallet fingers are almost always successfully treated with a splint that hyperextends the fingertip, allowing the extensor tendon to heal on its own. Surgery is only indicated in the rare ...

There are varying levels of severity with any type of mallet finger injury but Holiday ... “Trying to figure out — I’m going to be in a splint for a minute but figuring that out since ...

Often players will wear a splint on their injured finger to keep ... He explained this is the first time he has dealt with mallet finger, so he's not entirely sure what to expect as he navigates ...

Holiday has a splint on the finger already and hasn’t yet worked through the process of what it’ll feel like to catch, handle and shoot because of the pain. He’d never heard of mallet finger ...