NBA: Aussie big man Bogut suffers broken nose in Warriors win

Golden State center Andrew Bogut suffered a broken nose in the second quarter of the Warriors' 123-101 pre-season victory over Houston and said he expects to miss two games.

Bogut suffered the injury Thursday when the Rockets' K.J. McDaniels attempted a slam dunk and hit Bogut's nose on the follow through after missing the shot.

"Just more pissed off that I got called for the foul because I didn't touch him at all," Bogut said. "My nose hit his fist, called for a foul. This is actually the third time I've been called for a foul when I got my nose broken."

The Warriors took Bogut out of the game and he did not play again, although he stayed on the bench in the second half, finishing with six points, four rebounds, two steals, two assists and two blocked shots in 11 minutes.

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"It's the fourth time I've broken it," Bogut said. "I'll have surgery (Friday) or Saturday morning."

Golden State will next face the Los Angeles Lakers on Saturday at San Diego and the Los Angeles Clippers on Tuesday at Los Angeles. Bogut expects to miss both games but could return with a mask for the final pre-season game next Thursday against the Lakers at Anaheim.

"I'll try to play Thursday with a mask in the final pre-season game," Bogut said. "Then I'll be ready to go."

The Warriors will open the season and unfurl their championship banner on October 27 when they host the New Orleans Pelicans.

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NBA: Bogut out indefinitely with knee injury

The Golden State Warriors' Australian big man Andrew Bogut will be sidelined indefinitely after therapy on his ailing right knee, the NBA team said Thursday.

Bogut was due to miss his fifth successive game when the Warriors, owners of the best record in the league, hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder.

He had platelet-rich plasma therapy after consulting with team doctors and his personal physician from Australia.

"We fully support Andrew in his decision to undergo the PRP treatment," Warriors General Manager Bob Myers said in a statement posted on the team's website.

"Our number one concern is that Andrew is 100 percent healthy and we will continue to support him in any way we can to make that happen."

Bogut had indicated on Tuesday that the trouble was perhaps more serious than the tendinitis first diagnosed.

"From what I was told, it wasn't something I should be worried about," he said. "But evidently it probably is."

The Warriors said an MRI this month revealed chondromalacia, a deterioration of cartilage, and bone edema, which is a build up of excess fluid in the bone marrow.

The seven-footer (2.1 meters) is averaging 7.1 points per game along with 9.3 rebounds and 2.2 blocked shots.

But he has been bedeviled by injury in the past.

A broken rib kept Bogut sidelined as the Warriors fell in the first round of last season's playoffs against the Los Angeles Clippers.

He missed 50 games recovering from left ankle surgery during the 2012-13 season.

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