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 ...

Holiday has been ruled out with a "mallet finger" injury on his shooting ... The injury usually requires the finger to be in a splint for six-to-eight weeks and may require surgery.

“I’m going to have to be in a splint for a minute,” he said. “But figuring that out (since it’s) on my shooting hand.” Oklahoma City Thunder wing Luguentz Dort suffered a mallet finger ...

“Mallet finger” is caused by damage to a tendon ... Holiday appears to be in the latter camp, as he’s been wearing a splint on his right pinky finger to keep it as straight as possible.

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 ...

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 ...

Most do not require surgery, but AAOS recommends a splint “be worn full time for 6 to 8 weeks.” There are examples of NBA players playing through mallet finger injuries, including Oklahoma ...