The Milwaukee Bucks' bench will be shorter than usual when they host the Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday, as stretch power forward Ersan Ilyasova has been ruled out due to a nasal fracture.
Ilyasova was hit in the face during Tuesday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers, and did not return after halftime.
The Bucks did not provide any further information on Ilyasova's status, saying only that it would be updated "as appropriate."
But given that Ilyasova has dealt with this sort of injury in the past, it seems safe to assume that next time he takes the court, whenever that should happen to be, he'll look something like this:
Ilyasova has dealt with various injuries over the past several years, but he's had a clean run of health in 2014-15, playing in all 19 of Milwaukee's games, and starting six of them.
His minutes are down to 18.6 a game - the fewest he's averaged since his rookie season - but he's been producing in a big way, averaging 19.5 points per 36, shooting 50 percent from the field, and posting the team's second-best PER at 18.9.
