Thunder's Krstic Has Successful Surgery

The Oklahoma City center underwent successful surgery on his finger.

Thursday, May 26th 2011, 11:57 am

By: News On 6

Originally Published: Sep 21, 2010 6:33 PM CDT

Oklahoma Sports Staff and Wire Reports

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City Thunder center Nenad Krstic underwent successful surgery Tuesday morning to repair the fractured second finger of his right hand. Thunder teams physicians performed the surgery.

Krstic suffered the injury in the third-place game at the FIBA World Championships in Istanbul.

Krstic averaged 13.5 points and 7.5 rebounds in 23.6 minutes per game while helping lead Serbia to a fourth place finish at the World Championships.

He is expected to be available for the Thunder's Oct. 27 opener against the Chicago Bulls.