Late in the first quarter of the Brooklyn Nets’ win over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, Garrett Temple took a swift hit to the face, courtesy of his rather large Brooklyn Nets teammate, DeAndre Jordan.
The Brooklyn center was trying to send back a Markieff Morris shot attempt. Jordan whiffed on the ball, but he caught a lot of Temple’s face.
The Nets wing laid down on the ground for a bit before Brooklyn’s staff attended to a cut around his left eye. But Temple would return for the Nets later on in the night after he was given 15 stitches.
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However, Temple rejoining the action on Wednesday did not mean Jordan was off the hook.
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In addition to the injury, Temple had to shave his entire left eyebrow to receive the stitches. According to Michael Grady of YES Network, Jordan “will have to do anything [Temple] says,” until the Brooklyn wing’s eyebrow hair grows back.