As soon as Warriors center Troy Murphy fell to the Rose Garden floor Tuesday night, he knew something wasn't quite right.

"I could feel it wasn't sweat coming off of my face," Murphy said.

Instead, it was blood flowing from his nose, which was almost certainly broken by a blow from the right elbow of Portland Trail Blazers forward Zach Randolph late in the fourth quarter of the Warriors' 124-120 overtime win.

Murphy did not have X-rays taken Tuesday, but the team nevertheless said that "preliminary indications" were that he had suffered the third or fourth broken nose of his NBA career. Coach Don Nelson said Murphy "will probably miss some time" with the injury.