Clippers.com is reporting that All-Star forward Elton Brand has a hairline fracture of the fourth metatarsal in his right foot and is now expected to miss four to six weeks.
The injury was diagnosed by Dr. Steven Shimoyama, a member of the Clippers? Los Angeles-based medical staff traveling with the team in Japan.
Brand, who missed 18 games last season with a stress fracture in his lower left leg, logged 21 points, 15 rebounds and tied a career-high with eight blocks in last night?s 109-100 loss to the Seattle Supersonics, the season opener for both teams.