Lauri Markkanen has two fractures in his right hand, and the 1-10 Jazz lose him for at least a month

Utah Jazz forward Lauri Markkanen has two nondisplaced fractures in his right hand and will be re-evaluated in four weeks, the team announced Wednesday.

Shams Charania and Tim MacMahon of ESPN reported the injury first and said Markkanen will be sidelined for at least a month.

How it happened

Markkanen was hurt in the Jazz's Nov. 6 loss to the Dallas Mavericks, according to the team. ESPN reported that he had already been playing through a sprained right wrist, that he was hit on the hand against Dallas, and that the first X-ray did not show a fracture. Scans after the team returned to Utah found the cracks.

The 7-footer, an All-Star in 2023, is averaging 18.0 points and 6.8 rebounds in eight games this season, per ESPN.

A thin Jazz roster gets thinner

Utah is 1-10 after a 115-109 home loss to Miami on Tuesday, its ninth straight defeat, the AP reported. The Jazz were missing four starters in that game: Markkanen, Keyonte George, Jaren Jackson Jr. and Jusuf Nurkic.

ESPN said rookie Darryn Peterson is now Utah's only healthy starter. Jackson is out six to eight weeks with a torn MCL in his right knee, Nurkic has not played this season, and George is day to day with a sprained ankle.

Peterson has scored at least 20 points in three straight games, including 25 against Miami, and Ace Bailey added 23 in that loss. The Jazz host Orlando on Wednesday night to finish a back-to-back.