Shabazz Napier hospitalized, Yago dos Santos leaves early with injury / News - Basketnews.com

Napier was elbowed by Marko Guduric and left the game with a bleeding nose, having played just over a minute. Yago dos Santos, meanwhile, landed awkwardly after a layup trying to avoid contact with Georgios Papagiannis.

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Crvena Zvezda Meridianbet dominated the game against Fenerbahce Beko Istanbul. However, the team lost two of the main guards during the contest.

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Shabazz Napier, who began the game in the starting five, managed to play just over a minute. He was helped off the court after receiving an elbow from Marko Guduric.

The Serbian guard was driving to the basket when he incidentally elbowed Napier, who was trying to defend the shot. After review, the referees determined that the action was not intentional.

Napier was helped straight to the locker room with a bleeding nose. The player has been transported to a local hospital with a suspicion of a broken nose, head coach Ioannis Sfairopoulos announced during halftime.

On top of that, Yago dos Santos got injured in the fourth quarter.

The Brazilian guard landed awkwardly after a layup in the dying seconds of the third quarter and was helped off the court as well. Dos Santos was trying to avoid contact with Georgios Papagiannis and ended up landing on his twisted right ankle.

Both players did not return to the court.

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