Brandon Knight to be fitted for mask, should play Wednesday

by Packey on Feb 6, 2012 8:01 AM EST in Detroit Pistons News

Brandon Knight broke his nose during Saturday night's game against the New Orleans Hornets when former Piston DaJuan Summers' elbow came crashing down on his face after a rebound. Knight went to the locker room and would not return to the game.

According to the Detroit News, Knight wanted to return to the game, though, and he should be back when the Pistons play next on Wednesday against the Nets:

Guard Brandon Knight is expected to play Wednesday when the Pistons resume play in New Jersey. He broke his nose in the first quarter of the game against New Orleans when he was hit by former Piston DaJuan Summers during a scramble for a loose rebound. Knight said it felt like his face exploded. He will be fitted with a mask and should return to practice by Tuesday.

Knight said he wanted to return to the game but got headaches when he did some light running in the Palace hallways.

"It was a little bit crooked," Knight said. "It does not look normal. It's not straight."

I think I'd take a little bit of a crooked nose over bashed brains or an MCL injury -- looks like Pistons got out of Saturday night's game relatively healthy.

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So was it Wrong DaJuan or Moose that hit him?

And you gotta love the Pistons facemask tradition.

by Toledo Joe on Feb 6, 2012 8:19 AM EST reply actions

by -PS- on Feb 6, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions

it was first said to be DaJuan

Then Langlois tweeted that upon further review it was Moose. I didn’t watch it again until later, but it definitely looked like DaJuan. I’m confused, but I’ll stick with DaJuan

by Packey on Feb 6, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions

I’ll take my hat-tip to go, please. ;-)

by JoeDip on Feb 6, 2012 11:18 AM EST up reply actions

The Pistons cannot win a championship without a player wearing a mask.

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by The Boourns on Feb 6, 2012 11:49 AM EST reply actions 5 recs

It looked like Monroe's elbow made contact too.

At least on the side of the face.

Fire Joe Dumars

by Kriz on Feb 6, 2012 11:56 AM EST reply actions

Brings back old memories

When I was playing an intramural game in college, a guy’s elbow came down just below my nose and made a gash that had to be closed with stitches. The worst part was that I had a mustache back then, so the ER hurse had to shave off half of it beofre they put in the stitches. She thought it was funny … but I was not amused. The human elbow is a deadly weapon. Some guys shoudl probably have to register theirs.

by revken on Feb 6, 2012 1:13 PM EST reply actions