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“We’re kind of just evaluating it as it goes,” Scheierman said. “But felt good enough to be out there so it’s just how it’s going to be.”
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Baylor Scheierman stood in the corner with his hands raised awaiting a pass from Jaylen Brown as the final seconds of the first half of Sunday’s win against the 76ers ticked off the clock.
He stepped into the shot and drilled the buzzer-beater, giving a thumbs-up to the TD Garden crowd with his fractured thumb. He played 32 minutes on Monday, notching 12 points on 5-for-12 shooting.
Before the game, Scheierman explained how the thumb injury occurred, along with how he plans to manage it.
It happened during a collision with the Nets’ Egor Demin on Friday night.
“I just ran into him, he was running the other way,” Scheierman said. “I thought he was just going to chase after the ball because I think it was up in the air and I think my thumb just kind of went into his chest.
“It just kind of hurt and I looked down and it just kind of felt weird and it just locked. Was able to kind of unlock it and get it loose again and just finished the game.”
Scheierman said he had broken that same thumb when he was in high school.
He played Sunday night’s game in Philadelphia with a splint, but it did not stop him from contributing to the win.
“We’re kind of just evaluating it as it goes,” Scheierman said. “But felt good enough to be out there so it’s just how it’s going to be. I’m not going to sit out.”
Khari A. Thompson
Khari Thompson covers professional sports for Boston.com. Before joining the team in 2022, Khari covered college football for The Clarion Ledger in Jackson, Miss.
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