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"&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; Charlotte's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had started all 19 games this season. (Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images)&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Charlotte Bobcats forward Michael Kidd-Gilchrist suffered a broken left hand during Tuesday night's game against the Dallas Mavericks, the team announced.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The team said that X-rays revealed the fracture and that he will be examined on Wednesday in Charlotte. The team gave no timetable for his return to the court.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kidd-Gilchrist, in his second season,\u00A0is averaging 9.2 points and 5.4 rebounds in 27 minutes per game for the Bobcats and had been dealing a swollen left knee in the past week.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;He is third NBA player in the last week to suffer a hand injury. New Orleans Pelicans center Anthony Davis is out four to six weeks with a broken left hand and Brooklyn Nets forward Paul Pierce is expected to be out up to four weeks after suffering a\u00A0nondisplaced fracture in his shooting hand.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;DOLLINGER: Numbers don't lie: Pacers dominating competition&lt;/strong&gt;\nKidd-Gilchrist, 20, was the selected by the team with the second overall pick in the 2012 NBA Draft.&lt;/p&gt;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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