NBA News: Bradley Beal Out 6-8 Weeks With Broken Wrist, Could Need Surgery by Ben Mehic

Like Wednesday night’s game against the New Orleans Pelicans, tonight’s match up against the Charlotte Hornets wasn’t broadcasted on TV. I didn’t get a chance to follow the game via radio, but I did check in on Twitter.

Led by Gary Neal, the Charlotte Hornets beat the Washington Wizards tonight, 99-86, but the story of the game is undoubtedly Bradley Beal‘s injury.

The Wizards announced earlier that Kris Humphries would miss 3-4 weeks following surgery after getting hurt during the first preseason game, and the team took another hit tonight with Bradley Beal’s injury.

Injury Update: Bradley Beal (sprained left wrist) is out for the remainder of tonight's #WizHornets game — Washington Wizards (@WashWizards) October 11, 2014

We don’t know how serious Bradley Beal’s injury is, but this isn’t the first time he’s sprained his wrist. There are still a few weeks to go before the start of the regular season, and it wouldn’t surprise me if coach Randy Wittman started to cut down his starters’ minutes.

As for the game itself, well, it wasn’t on television, but from looking at the stats, Otto Porter and Xavier Silas had the best performances for the Washington Wizards. Porter scored 14 points on 5-9 shooting in just 19 minutes of action. Silas added 16 points, including 4 three point shots. Now that Beal is hurt, Silas could get extended minutes during preseason.

The Wizards lost their first preseason game, but more importantly, lets hope Bradley Beal is fine.