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 ...

“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 ...

Often, players will wear a splint on their injured finger to keep it straight and play through the injury. Holiday said as such on Sunday. He explained this is the first time he has dealt with mallet ...

“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.

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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 ...

But before you can even think about looting Gahz’rilla for his treasures, you’ll have to obtain the mallet needed to summon him. To do that, you’ll have to travel far from Zul’Farrak to ...