{"id":558235,"date":"2026-01-24T18:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/558235\/"},"modified":"2026-01-24T18:22:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T18:22:18","slug":"nets-nic-claxton-undergoing-mri-on-finger-after-late-game-exit-vs-celtics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/558235\/","title":{"rendered":"Nets&#8217; Nic Claxton undergoing MRI on finger after late-game exit vs. Celtics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brooklyn Nets<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/players\/b7b809db\/nic-claxton\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nic Claxton<\/a> suffered a finger injury during <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\/nets-news-michael-porter-jr-explains-head-scratching-blunder\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Friday&#8217;s loss to the Boston Celtics<\/a> and will undergo imaging on Saturday. Claxton briefly exited the 130-126 double overtime loss due to an issue with his right pinky finger. He went to the locker room but later returned.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s sore. I really don\u2019t know. I\u2019ve just got to get X-rays, MRIs. So I don\u2019t know,\u201d Claxton said. \u201cIt is sore, though. It was just locking up, so I just put some tape on it. I\u2019ll know more [on Saturday] probably.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Claxton has looked revitalized this season following an injury-riddled 2024-25 campaign. The longest-tenured Net has averaged 12.8 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.4 blocks on 58.4 percent shooting.<\/p>\n<p>His two-way contributions have been integral to the Nets&#8217; ability to compete.<\/p>\n<p>Nic Claxton undergoing imaging on finger after injury during loss to Celtics<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3625304\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Nic-Claxton-1.jpg\" alt=\"Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton (33) reacts after being fouled by New Orleans Pelicans center Derik Queen (22) during the first quarter at Barclays Center.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\"  \/>Vincent Carchietta-Imagn Images<\/p>\n<p>The veteran center turned in one of his best performances of the season during Friday&#8217;s loss. He posted 18 points, nine rebounds, four assists and two blocks on 8-of-13 shooting. His perimeter defense was the main factor in the Nets holding Jaylen Brown to 9-of-27 shooting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/nba-rumors-pacers-warriors-among-nic-claxton-trade-suitors\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Claxton has been speculated as a trade target for several teams<\/a> searching for center help ahead of the Feb. 5 deadline.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/nets\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">will begin a five-game road trip<\/a> on Sunday against the Los Angeles Clippers. If Claxton misses time, Day&#8217;Ron Sharpe will step in as Brooklyn&#8217;s starting center. <a href=\"https:\/\/clutchpoints.com\/nba\/brooklyn-nets\/nets-news-michael-porter-jr-brooklyns-bench-beast-should-be-starter\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sharpe has continued his steady production<\/a> this season while backing up Claxton.<\/p>\n<p>The 24-year-old has averaged 7.8 points, 6.2 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.0 steals on 60.3 percent shooting in 18.1 minutes per game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brooklyn Nets Nic Claxton suffered a finger injury during Friday&#8217;s loss to the Boston Celtics and will undergo&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10165,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3767],"tags":[7,670,247,3803,6,14502,671,2728,2144],"class_list":{"0":"post-558235","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-brooklyn-nets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-brooklyn","10":"tag-brooklyn-nets","11":"tag-brooklynnets","12":"tag-nba","13":"tag-nba-injury","14":"tag-nets","15":"tag-nic-claxton","16":"tag-reporting"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/115951472331433925","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=558235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/558235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=558235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=558235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=558235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}