Minnesota Timberwolves heart Naz Reid is out indefinitely with a damaged left wrist, the crew mentioned Friday.
It is a blow to the crew’s depth in the course of the stretch run of the common season.
An MRI on Thursday revealed a left scaphoid fracture — between the hand and forearm on the thumb aspect of the wrist — for Reid. He sustained the damage when he tried to brace himself as he fell to the courtroom after being fouled within the fourth quarter of Wednesday’s 107-100 road loss to the Phoenix Suns.
The fourth-year participant has led the crew in scoring in six video games this season and averaged 11.5 factors and 4.9 rebounds per recreation with 53.7% capturing from the ground – all profession bests.
Reid, 23, has turn into a beneficial complement to large males Rudy Gobert and Karl-Anthony Towns together with his two-way abilities off the bench. He proved to be significantly viable when Cities missed 52 video games with a severely strained proper calf muscle.
With 5 video games left within the common season, the Timberwolves (39-38) enter Friday’s residence recreation towards the Los Angeles Lakers in eighth place within the Western Convention. They’re one recreation out of the No. 6 spot, which might keep away from the play-in event, however two video games forward of the Dallas Mavericks, who presently are outdoors of the playoff race.
Reuters and The Related Press contributed to this report.