The team’s sixth man is out indefinitely with a thumb injury, taking away its most reliable scorer off the bench.
In what could be a major blow to the upstart Nets, Spencer Dinwiddie, who has dominated in a bench role this season, could miss significant time with a right thumb injury.
A serious contender for the N. B. A.’s Sixth Man of the Year Award, Dinwiddie, a fifth-year guard, has averaged 17.2 points and 5.0 assists a game, regularly coming through in big moments for the Nets, one of the most surprising teams in the N. B. A.
The news of Dinwiddie’s injury was first reported by Caron Butler, a former N. B. A. star who began working for Fox Sports Radio shortly after announcing his retirement last February, rather than by the team or a reporter.
The injury was then confirmed by the Nets, with the team saying more information would be provided once the diagnosis had been completed.
