Kelly Oubre Jr. Injured in Practice

Kelly Oubre Jr. is not in action for the Golden State Warriors game on Wednesday night versus the Portland Trail Blazers as the small forward injured himself in practice on Tuesday on a dunk attempt. 

Kelly Oubre Jr. sprained his left wrist in practice yesterday.

Let’s hope he's going to be okay 🙏 pic.twitter.com/pwEJn14lkc

— Warriors Nation (@WarriorNationCP) March 4, 2021

Head coach Steve Kerr was non-committal about Oubre Jr.'s status for the Warriors game on Thursday night:

He's just out tonight and then we'll see [Thursday], but we scrimmaged [Tuesday] and he went in for a dunk and he had momentum going in, he tried to hang on to the rim and he slipped off. And when he landed, he banged both elbows pretty good. It was scary, but fortunately no long-term damage or anything. But he's pretty sore today, so we'll give him a rest. We'll see about [Thursday].

Oubre Jr. started the season poorly, but has come on strong in February, averaging 20.1 ppg with excellent percentages (50.2% FG & 43.0% 3P) & 6.4 rpg. Don't be surprised if the Warriors sit Oubre Jr. for Thursday night's game out of an abundance of caution heading into the All-Star break. 

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