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Kobe Bryant sustains an avulsion fracture.

Los Angeles Lakers had a brilliant victory in Friday night’s game against Minnesota Timberwolves with a score of 104-92. It was Lakers’ 11th consecutive victory. However, the Lakers’ had a scary moment in the match too, when Bryant got his figure injured with avulsion fracture.

Kobe Bryant sustained avulsion fracture when he hit the ball to steal it in the first quarter of the game. He left the game for a short time and returned in the second quarter to play for a short time. He made one shot and passed the ball to other players with his left hand and left the hall in the middle of the second quarter to get an X-ray of his fracture in the locker room. He later enter the hall for the game in third quarter after getting a tape on his finger from his coach which he called ’something foamy’. Bryant made four more shots out of 11 which were made in the second half of the game.

Bryant has a history of avulsion fractures. In early 2008, he got his pinkie of right hand got fractured. He did not miss any part of the game but complained of suffering with pain whenever the ball hit the finger.

Avulsion finger is a type of bone fracture which is not a very serious type. In Avulsion fracture, the mass of the bone tears away some fraction of bone with it. The avulsion fracture occurs as a result of severe external force application. The avulsion fracture occurs when an external force is applied to the bone due to which the stronger muscular contraction occurs. If the muscular contraction is stronger than the forces which hold the bone together, avulsion fracture occurs.

If an avulsion fraction is small, it can be treated with a support bandage only.

Avulsion Fracture