The Western Conference Finals weren’t even a half old before Steven Adams began dealing with some serious injuries.
The Oklahoma City Thunder center played with a bunch of gauze in his nose to stop the bleeding during the second quarter of Game 1 between OKC and the Warriors on Monday:
look at Steven Adams's nose. look at it. pic.twitter.com/k6l5O8zUSi
— Kenny Ducey (@KennyDucey) May 17, 2016
As if that weren’t enough, he also had some hand issues. Adams’ right thumb was taped up because he injured it during the Thunder’s Game 6 win over the Spurs. He also fell on it twice during Game 1 against the Warriors, Craig Sager reported, leading to it becoming swollen:
