Dallas Mavericks point guard Rajon Rondo has an orbital fracture in his left eye as well as a nasal fracture and will miss at least three games, the Mavericks announced Monday.
Rondo suffered the injury Saturday against Orlando and was evaluated Sunday by the Mavericks’ medical staff. He will not play against Minnesota on Monday, nor will he travel to Golden State and Sacramento later this week.
The Mavericks recalled guard Ricky Ledo, who was averaging 16.0 points and 3.8 assists for the Texas Legends of the NBA Development League.
“It was a really bad collision,” Mavericks center Tyson Chandler said of the shot Rondo took to the head just 98 seconds into Saturday’s game. “I don’t know what the prognosis is, but he is pretty beat-up.”
On the play in question, Rondo tripped over the leg of Magic guard Elfrid Payton and then was accidentally kneed in the face by teammate Richard Jefferson, who did not see Rondo on the floor as he started to sprint down the court on a fast break.
With blood pouring out of his nose, Rondo stayed down on the court for about a minute before being escorted to the locker room by the Mavs’ athletic training staff.
Marc Stein and Tim MacMahon of ESPN.com and The Associated Press contributed to this report.