MINNEAPOLIS — Naz Reid continued to play even after he fell hard on his left wrist in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's loss to the Suns in Phoenix. The Timberwolves backup center and power forward even shot the two free throws he earned after he tried to dunk on Suns center Bismack Biyombo.
But Reid kept grabbing at his wrist the rest of the night, and it turns out his injury was serious after all. Reid suffered a fracture of one of the small bones in his left wrist and is set to miss a significant amount of time. It's unclear how long Reid will be out or if he may be able to rejoin the Wolves should they make a run in the Western Conference playoffs.
"He's having an amazing season for us," coach Chris Finch said. "He's upset he can't help us down the stretch here. We're gutted for him, but without him we're not in this position. We told him that. It's part of the deal and we got to find a way to fill the void. But he was huge for us."
