Houston Rockets center Clint Capela is expected to miss four to six weeks with a right thumb injury, according to a report from Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN.
Capela injured his thumb during the third quarter of the Rockets’ 116-109 loss to the Orlando Magic on Sunday.
“As I was going up for the lob, I got hit in the hand,” Capela said after the game. “We’re going to see what is it when we go back home. It’s just sore right now. We can’t really see anything [on the X-ray] yet. We’ll see what happens.”
The Rockets planned to re-evaluate Capela today. The team has not yet announced the severity of the injury.
The 24-year-old center is a key piece to the Rockets’ success with averages of 17.6 points, 12.6 rebounds, and 1.8 blocks this season. The Rockets (24-18) currently have the sixth-best record in the Western Conference.
