76ers G Silas needs surgery on face
Philadelphia 76ers guard Xavier Silas needs surgery on several sinus fractures following a collision in a summer league game.
Silas was injured Friday in Orlando, Fla., when he took an inadvertent elbow to the head by teammate Solo Jones. Silas also suffered a concussion.
The Sixers say Silas needs surgery Saturday where doctors will fuse several frontal sinus fractures. There...
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July 13, 2012
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