Marcus Smart's hustle play leads to strange hand injury in Grizzlies-Pelicans game

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26 and came away with an overtime win. But guard Marcus Smart continues to deal with an injury he suffered during the victory, and it’s quite the peculiar one.

Smart, wearing tape around his left hand, revealed to reporters after his shootaround Tuesday that he is dealing with the after effects of splinters he suffered after diving for a loose ball. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM Marcus Smart #36 of the Memphis Grizzlies looks on during the game against the Sacramento Kings at FedExForum on December 31, 2023 in Memphis, Tennessee. (Justin Ford/Getty Images) "When I dove, my hand slid into the court, and the court just took everything with it," Smart told the Memphis Commercial Appeal. "Last night, [the sore] kept getting re-opened.

Every time the ball hit it, it just busted open with blood." "When I caught the ball, by the time it got enough feeling back, it was time to make a play, shoot it or drive it," Smart added. "Nothing I put on it — Band-Aid, nothing — it won’t stay on it.

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With the clean sweep against Afghanistan in the recently-concluded T20I series, Team India started their preparations for the upcoming T20 World Cup on a positive note. The series marked the return of India skipper Rohit Sharma and star batter Virat Kohli in the T20I format after a gap of 14 months. It is highly likely that both the players will feature in India's squad at the marquee event. However, there are doubts over the selection of wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul.

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Unai Emery's irrelevant response to the first question from the pitchside reporter at Old Trafford was telling. The Aston Villa coach Emery reflected on the 39 points they had already accumulated. "Not bad," he quipped. What was bad was Villa's game management.

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Despite the India vs Afghanistan T20I series going on, which has Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli coming back into the format, the one Indian cricket team star who is being discussed the most is Ishan Kishan. The talented wicketkeeper-batter returned home mid-way from India's Tour of South Africa after he asked for a break. Later on, he was not picked for the T20I series against Afgahanistan. He has not been named in the first two Tests against England. There were reports that Ishan Kishan has some dislinary issue for which he was not being picked.

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