Spurs’ Ginobili to undergo hand surgery

Posted January 4, 2012 4:03 pm.

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THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio Spurs guard Manu Ginobili will undergo surgery on his broken left hand and is expected to miss at least two months.

Ginobili tweeted Wednesday he’ll have a plate screwed in his shooting hand Thursday. He injured it during the second quarter of a loss at Minnesota on Monday night.

Ginobili was averaging 17.4 points a game and was San Antonio’s leading scorer.

Losing Ginobili again is a major blow for the Spurs after the two-time all-star hobbled into the playoffs last year with a sprained elbow. That injury helped doom San Antonio in its first-round loss to Memphis despite a 61-win season.

The 34-year-old Ginobili has become the emotional and offensive leader for the Spurs as Tim Duncan has gotten older.

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