
Bloodied Onyeka Okongwu shows off gruesome injury after taking elbow to face
NY Post
Hawks forward Onyeka Okongwu has some serious dental work in his future after taking an elbow to the face during Atlanta’s 117-106 win over the Boston Celtics Wednesday.
Taking to his Instagram Story after the game, Okongwu shared a photo of his bloodied mouth and some of his front teeth, which appeared pushed back and knocked out of place.
“Good winssss birdsss,” Okongwu wrote.
Okongwu caught an elbow in the mouth from Celtics guard Jaylen Brown, who was trying split a double-team from Okongwu and Hawks guard Dyson Daniels during the fourth quarter.
Brown was assessed a flagrant 1 offensive foul.
Okongwu went over to the bench and then jogged back onto the court to shoot his two free throws.
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