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Nets' Yi Out For A Week, Needs 50 Stitches To Close Lip Cut
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December 8, 2009, Tuesday
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NEW Jersey Nets' Chinese forward Yi Jianlian needed 50 stitches to close an upper lip laceration he suffered in practice, the NBA team said on Sunday.
Yi suffered the injury after he was accidentally elbowed on the mouth by teammate Sean Williams while playing three-on-three on Saturday, the Nets said on their Website.
He will be examined on December 14 to determine when he can return to game action, which means he is likely to miss one week of action.
The Chinese Olympian has played in only four games this season, averaging 9.8 points and 7.5 rebounds. He has missed the past 15 games with a sprained right medial collateral ligament.
"Sometimes these things work out for the best," coach Kiki Vandeweghe said before the Nets' game against the Knicks.
"He really wanted to get back, was very anxious to get back, so maybe he was hurrying himself a little bit. He'll be fully recovered when he gets back."
Yi suffered the injury after he was accidentally elbowed on the mouth by teammate Sean Williams while playing three-on-three on Saturday, the Nets said on their Website.
He will be examined on December 14 to determine when he can return to game action, which means he is likely to miss one week of action.
The Chinese Olympian has played in only four games this season, averaging 9.8 points and 7.5 rebounds. He has missed the past 15 games with a sprained right medial collateral ligament.
"Sometimes these things work out for the best," coach Kiki Vandeweghe said before the Nets' game against the Knicks.
"He really wanted to get back, was very anxious to get back, so maybe he was hurrying himself a little bit. He'll be fully recovered when he gets back."
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