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Tyreke Evans Out at Least a Week With Bruised Jaw

Mar 20, 2010 – 6:20 PM
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Brett Pollakoff

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Tyreke Evans was forced to leave Friday night's close game against the Bucks, after catching an inadvertent elbow from Milwaukee's Ersan Ilyasova. It didn't appear to be that bad at first glance, but with Evans suffering a concussion, a cut to his gum, and a chipped tooth on the play, it was clearly worse than it looked.



Many around the club feared that Evans might miss the rest of the season, but as reported by NBA.com's Jimmy Spencer, the X-rays taken on Saturday revealed a bruised jaw line, but no fracture.

Evans is expected to miss about a week of action, and should he return to the same form we've seen from him all year long, he should be a lock to pick up the Rookie of the Year award. Had he been forced to miss the rest of the season due to injury, however -- with the way Brandon Jennings has played of late and with the Bucks' recent surge -- it wouldn't necessarily have been a sure thing.
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