{"id":117822,"date":"2024-10-24T12:43:46","date_gmt":"2024-10-24T05:43:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117822"},"modified":"2024-10-24T12:43:46","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T05:43:46","slug":"pelicans-dejounte-murray-broke-hand-in-opener-sources-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117822","title":{"rendered":"Pelicans&#8217; Dejounte Murray broke hand in opener, sources say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-meta\">\n<ul class=\"authors\">\n<li class=\"mugshot-shown\">\n<div class=\"author-img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=\/i\/columnists\/full\/charania_shams.png&amp;h=80&amp;w=80&amp;scale=crop\" alt=\"\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Shams Charania, ESPN<span class=\"timestamp \">Oct 23, 2024, 11:33 PM ET<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><a data-clubhouse-guid=\"9461f397-7882-94c0-c18c-e89bdc9e570e\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/no\/new-orleans-pelicans\">New Orleans Pelicans<\/a> guard <a data-player-guid=\"069547d0-66e5-79d2-06ac-195011e77472\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3907497\/dejounte-murray\">Dejounte Murray<\/a> sustained a fractured left hand in Wednesday night&#8217;s season-opening <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/recap\/_\/gameId\/401704635\">123-111 victory<\/a> over the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"e588ccf1-ba03-ea43-c34c-9a9c8d1895ca\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/chi\/chicago-bulls\">Chicago Bulls<\/a>, sources told ESPN.<\/p>\n<p>Tests confirmed the injury to the former All-Star, who will now be sidelined for an extended period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Murray put up 14 points, 10 assists and 8 rebounds in his debut for New Orleans, which acquired him in an offseason trade with the <a data-clubhouse-guid=\"15096a54-f015-c987-5ec8-55afedf6272f\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/atl\/atlanta-hawks\">Atlanta Hawks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>He appeared to either sustain or aggravate the injury with just over two minutes left in the fourth quarter. With New Orleans up 12, Murray attempted a 3-pointer from the top of the key and was fouled by <a data-player-guid=\"dba79cae-3f61-b87b-37d9-223f39b4f516\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/3064440\/zach-lavine\">Zach LaVine<\/a> on his way down. Murray tumbled over and came up holding his left hand, then refused assistance when a teammate tried to lift him back up with that hand.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"inline editorial float-r\" data-behavior=\"article_related\">\n<h2 class=\"editorial-title\">Editor&#8217;s Picks<\/h2>\n<p>2 Related<\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Murray was still able to go the free throw line, making 2-of-3, but was subbed out for good with a minute to play.<\/p>\n<p>He did not speak with reporters after the game.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hopefully, he&#8217;s not out too long,&#8221; Pelicans guard <a data-player-guid=\"650bab3d-b658-cba4-a596-044c1e1fa8c0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/2490149\/cj-mccollum\">CJ McCollum<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He looked at me and said his hand didn&#8217;t feel right. He just continued to play. &#8230; He battled through, he played and played well considering those circumstances.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Murray&#8217;s status for the opener was in doubt even before his injury after he had left the team days earlier to attend to what coach Willie Green characterized as a family emergency.<\/p>\n<p>He became the third player in Pelicans history with 10 assists in his team debut, joining <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/bio\/_\/id\/2583639\/elfrid-payton\">Elfrid Payton<\/a> (2018) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/bio\/_\/id\/194\/baron-davis\">Baron Davis<\/a> (2002). Murray had just one turnover on the night. Last season with the Hawks, he had just two games total with 10 assists and one or fewer turnovers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dejounte had a rough week,&#8221; McCollum said. &#8220;He played well considering he&#8217;d been gone for so long.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He basically flirted with a triple-double tonight. He was great for us and will be great for us all season.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>New Orleans already was missing star forward <a data-player-guid=\"34e5ec5d-10b3-ba59-2ba1-3a3be9a1be22\" href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/player\/_\/id\/4395628\/zion-williamson\">Zion Williamson<\/a>, who was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/41967750\/pelicans-zion-williamson-ruled-season-opener-vs-bulls-illness\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scratched from Wednesday&#8217;s lineup due<\/a> to an illness.<\/p>\n<p>The Pelicans next play Friday night at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/team\/_\/name\/por\/portland-trail-blazers\">Portland<\/a> &#8212; the first of a four-game road trip on the West Coast.<\/p>\n<p><i>Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nba\/story\/_\/id\/41971411\/sources-pelicans-fear-dejounte-murray-broke-hand-opener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shams Charania, ESPNOct 23, 2024, 11:33 PM ET New Orleans Pelicans guard Dejounte Murray sustained a fractured left hand in Wednesday night&#8217;s season-opening 123-111 victory over the Chicago Bulls, sources &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=117822\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-117822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=117822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=117822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=117822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=117822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}