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Arturas Gudaitis ruptured his left hand's little finger's extensor tendon. He will wear a special splint in order to practice and play and won't miss time. Georgios Papagiannis and Mateusz Ponitka returned to team practices, while Nate Wolters was discharged from the hospital.

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Arturas Gudaitis suffered an injury late in the game against Valencia Basket yesterday. The severity of the injury the Lithuanian has to deal with has been announced.

Mateusz Ponitka

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As previously reported, the Panathinaikos Athens center has ruptured the extensor tendon in his left hand's little finger. Gudaitis will now wear a special splint in order to practice and play.

The player was sidelined in Saturday's practice but head coach Dejan Radonjic will have him fully available for the Greek Cup games in Crete next week.

Georgios Papagiannis and Nate Wolters were late scratches against Valencia. Both players are now doing better.

Wolters has been discharged from the hospital where he was treated for a virus infection. Meanwhile, Papagiannis has joined the team practice after overcoming hamstring pain that sidelined him in the last EuroLeague game.

Mateusz Ponitka, who has been out for the past several weeks after spraining his ankle against Zalgiris Kaunas on January 26th, has returned to team practice as well after doing individual work throughout the week.

Panathinaikos play against Promitheas Patras on Monday before heading to Heraklion to play in the Greek Cup later next week.

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