In a game last month against the Washington Wizards, Gordon Hayward was ailing. The Charlotte Hornets forward has been hurt a lot over the years and the latest injury was a strained left shoulder.
Hayward left the game briefly, as he has on many occasions over the past few years, and was treated in the locker room. Hayward returned to the floor in the second half, in obvious pain but determined to play. Hayward finished the game, the Hornets lost, and they lost Hayward, too.
The shoulder was fractured. Hayward is out indefinitely as his miserable stretch with injuries continues.