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Nets' Yi needs 50 stitches to close lip cut

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Updated: 2009-12-07 10:01

Nets' Yi needs 50 stitches to close lip cut
New Jersey Nets forward Yi Jianlian of China (9) drives the ball against Charlotte Bobcats forward Vladimir Radmanovic of Serbia (10) during an NBA basketball game at Time Warner Cable Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina November 2, 2009. [Agencies] 

NEW YORK: New Jersey Nets' Chinese forward Yi Jianlian needed 50 stitches to close an upper lip laceration he suffered in practice, the NBA team said on Sunday.

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Yi suffered the injury after he was accidentally elbowed on the mouth by a team mate while playing three on three on Saturday, the Nets said on their website (www.nba.com/nets). He will be examined on December 14 to determine when he can return to game action.

The Chinese Olympian has played in only four games this season, averaging 9.8 points and 7.5 rebounds. He has missed the past 15 games with a sprained right medial collateral ligament (MCL).
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