{"id":483697,"date":"2026-02-14T11:39:57","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/?p=483697"},"modified":"2026-02-14T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:39:57","slug":"kings-blow-zach-lavine-to-undergo-season-ending-hand-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportando.basketball\/en\/kings-blow-zach-lavine-to-undergo-season-ending-hand-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Kings Blow: Zach LaVine to Undergo Season-Ending Hand Surgery"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"3\"><b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Terrible news for the Sacramento Kings.<\/b> According to insider <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"61\">Chris Haynes<\/b>, guard <b data-path-to-node=\"3\" data-index-in-node=\"81\">Zach LaVine<\/b> is set to undergo surgery on his right hand immediately following the All-Star break, prematurely ending his season.<\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"4\">This serves as yet another blow to what has already been a <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"59\">disastrous campaign<\/b> for the Kings. Before the injury, LaVine was performing well, averaging <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"151\">19.2 points<\/b> per game while shooting <b data-path-to-node=\"4\" data-index-in-node=\"187\">48% from the field<\/b>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Sacramento Kings guard Zach LaVine will undergo season-ending surgery on his right hand after the All-Star break, league sources tell me. He averaged 19.2 points, shot 48 percent from the field and 39 percent from beyond the arc. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uph3thRMSD\">pic.twitter.com\/uph3thRMSD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chris Haynes (@ChrisBHaynes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChrisBHaynes\/status\/2022470982179656193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Terrible news for the Sacramento Kings<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":177,"featured_media":439184,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[399],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[179],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-483697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","typology-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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