NBA: Mavs’ Rondo out with facial fractures

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Dallas Mavericks’ Rajon Rondo, right, tries to pass the ball around Houston Rockets defenders Corey Brewer (33) and Trevor Ariza in the second half of an NBA basketball game on January 28, 2015, in Houston. The Rockets won 99-94. The Mavericks said Monday that Rondo would be missing at least three games after getting face fractures. AP

Dallas, United States – Dallas Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo will miss at least three NBA games after suffering an orbital fracture to his left eye and a fractured nose, the team announced Monday.

Rondo was injured in the Mavericks’ 108-93 triumph at Orlando on Saturday and was ruled out of Monday’s home game against league-worst Minnesota and a two-game road swing to Golden State on Wednesday and Sacramento on Thursday.

Instead, Rondo will undergo additional evaluation and testing and his status will be updated later this week with a possible return no earlier than Saturday’s home game against Northwest division leader Portland.

Just 98 seconds into the game at Orlando, Rondo tripped and fell to the floor after a defensive move only to be kneed in the face by teammate Richard Jefferson while trying to get back up.

Rondo, who helped Boston win the 2008 NBA title, was traded by the Celtics to Dallas last month. So far this season, Rondo is averaging 8.7 points, 8.7 assists and 6.3 rebounds a game over 43 games.

At 32-17, the Mavericks rank sixth in the Western Conference, four games ahead of Phoenix in the eighth and final playoff spot.

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