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David Lee will miss the next two weeks for the Golden State Warriors due to a nasty infection in his left elbow, reports Jeff Goodman of FOXSports.com. Lee was hospitalized Thursday morning after waking up with excruciating pain in the cut area. Marcus Thompson III of the Contra Costa Times reports that Lee will return to the Bay Area to have surgery to clean out the wound.The infection stems from the Warriors' Wednesday game against the Knicks in what was Lee's first return to Madison Square Garden since leaving New York in a July sign-and-trade. Lee's elbow collided with the mouth of Knicks forward Wilson Chandler, cutting the Warrior and causing Chandler to lose a tooth.
Apparently, immediate medical attention didn't prevent bacteria from taking over. Lee's elbow was cleaned and wrapped in gauze Wednesday, but it was a bloody mess out there. Lee ended up with 28 and 10 in 40 minutes, and Golden State won.
The Warriors seem to be particularly vulnerable to non-standard injuries. Andris Biedrins missed time a couple seasons ago due to appendicitis, and Monta Ellis famously missed 50 games after a moped accident shredded his ankle. It's an unfortunate turn of events for Lee, who has missed a total of three games over the last three seasons. He didn't play in Golden State's bad Thursday loss in Chicago.
Lee's ill fortune certainly doesn't represent the first elbow vs. face showdown in the NBA. Almost a year ago, Dirk Nowitzki careened into Carl Landry (then with the Rockets), resulting in pieces of Landry's teeth becoming embedded in the German's arm.
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