TORONTO — Miami Heat guard Goran Dragic, no stranger to losing teeth on the hardcourt, had more mouth problems Thursday after a hard collision with DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinal.
Dragic tried to set a block and got the worst of it, leaving for treatment with his face bloodied with 1:45 remaining in the second quarter. The Heat said he received three stitches on the inside of his lip and five on the outside after his bottom teeth went through his lip.
Adding insult to injury, Dragic was called for a foul on the play. He returned to action in the third quarter, only to fall victim to foul trouble.
Dragic had a tooth jarred loose by Detroit’s Spencer Dinwiddie in a regular-season game April 12. Dragic took the tooth and threw it toward Miami’s bench.
The 29-year-old from Slovenia also had a tooth knocked out last season in a win over the Atlanta Hawks.
