Orlando Magic center Nikola Vucevic broke his left hand early in the team’s Saturday night matchup against the Washington Wizards. The official injury is a fractured metacarpal of his index finger, and he will miss six-to-eight weeks after undergoing surgery, according to The Vertical’s Shams Charania.
Nikola Vucevic is out 6-8 weeks with a fractured hand, and the Magic injury woes continue
Vucevic’s hand surgery adds another Orlando starter sitting out due to injury.
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Vucevic is averaging 17.8 points, 9.6 rebounds, and 1.2 blocks per game and logged seven games with 24 points or more, including a 41-point outburst against the Nets in October. His surgery is yet another devastating blow for a Magic team that started hot but cooled off considerably since.
The injuries keep adding up for Orlando
The Magic started the season 8-4 with a starting lineup of Elfrid Payton, Terrence Ross, Evan Fournier, Aaron Gordon, and Vucevic. But after Ross (MCL sprain/right leg fracture), Gordon (concussion/calf), Fournier (ankle) and now Vucevic have suffered injuries, Payton remains the lone starter in the starting five.
As a result, Orlando has piled up seven straight losses with no end to its losing streak in sight.
The Magic probably weren’t a playoff team to begin with, and they had lost nine in a row well before the injuries began to stack up. But you never want to see a team with such young talent endure so many injuries midway through the year.
Hopefully Orlando can catch a break and get its players back on the court soon.
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