It has not exactly been the best week for Hamidou Diallo.
The Detroit Pistons swingman was on the receiving end of a flagrant foul from Los Angeles Lakers center Thomas Bryant during Friday’s game. Diallo was driving to the basket when he took a Bryant forearm to the mouth. He immediately ran to the locker room, his front tooth having been dislodged.
https://twitter.com/BallySportsDET/status/1593843480903577601
A courtside photographer captured the extent of the damage in a picture. You can see that Diallo’s tooth was completely misaligned after getting hit.
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Impressively enough, Diallo finished the basket despite the blow and then returned to the floor to sink the first attempt of his two-to-make-one free throws as a result of the flagrant foul. Diallo then checked out of the game for good before the Pistons ultimately lost 128-121.
This continues a pretty lousy run of luck for Diallo over the last few days. Several games ago, he took the court in an embarrassingly misspelled jersey.
