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Danny Ainge refutes report that Isaiah Thomas has a fractured jaw

Friday morning on WEEI mid-day host Glenn Ordway claimed that Isaiah Thomas has been playing with a fractured jaw since he took an errant Otto Porter elbow to the face in Sunday's game 1 matchup against the Washington Wizards, dislodging his front tooth in the process. Via WEEI.com:

“He fractured his jaw. That’s what happened,” Ordway said Friday on Ordway, Merloni & Fauria. “The elbow hit his jaw and then what ended up happening is that tooth had no support system off the bone and the complete tooth came out.