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“We’re type of simply evaluating it because it goes,” Scheierman mentioned. “However felt adequate to be on the market so it is simply how it should be.”
Baylor Scheierman stood within the nook together with his palms raised awaiting a cross from Jaylen Brown as the ultimate seconds of the primary half of Sunday’s win against the 76ers ticked off the clock.
He stepped into the shot and drilled the buzzer-beater, giving a thumbs-up to the TD Backyard crowd together with his fractured thumb. He performed 32 minutes on Monday, notching 12 factors on 5-for-12 taking pictures.
Earlier than the sport, Scheierman defined how the thumb harm occurred, together with how he plans to handle it.
It occurred throughout a collision with the Nets’ Egor Demin on Friday evening.
“I simply bumped into him, he was operating the opposite means,” Scheierman mentioned. “I believed he was simply going to chase after the ball as a result of I feel it was up within the air and I feel my thumb simply type of went into his chest.
“It simply type of damage and I appeared down and it simply type of felt bizarre and it simply locked. Was in a position to type of unlock it and get it free once more and simply completed the sport.”
Scheierman mentioned he had damaged that very same thumb when he was in highschool.
He performed Sunday evening’s recreation in Philadelphia with a splint, nevertheless it didn’t cease him from contributing to the win.
“We’re type of simply evaluating it because it goes,” Scheierman mentioned. “However felt adequate to be on the market so it’s simply the way it’s going to be. I’m not going to sit down out.”
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