Robin Lopez tweets he will be out six to seven weeks with broken hand

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Portland Trail Blazers center left Monday’s 108-95 win over the San Antonio Spurs in the third quarter with a fractured right hand.

The Blazers have yet to release any official info regarding the injury. So Lopez took to twitter to announce the prognosis himself.

Thanks for all your thoughts & support! It’ll be 6 or 7 weeks til I’m on the floor again thanks to this bum hand. Can’t wait!!! #NeverSayDie

— Robin Lopez (@rolopez42) December 16, 2014

Lopez then confirmed that he broke his third and fourth metacarpals to TrailBlazers.com reporter Casey Holdahl via twitter.

@CHold 3rd and 4th metacarpals

— Robin Lopez (@rolopez42) December 16, 2014

Portland Trail Blazers coach Terry Stotts stressed that the Blazers will have to take a “by committee” approach to filling the absence of Lopez.

“It’s frustrating,” Lopez said Monday night. “We’ve been playing so well and I’ve been having such a great time being a part of this team and this season which I plan to still be. And I plan to do that on the sidelines as a teammate. It’s going to be a little frustrating.”

LaMarcus Aldridge and Damian Lillard did not speak to the media on Tuesday but they gave their reactions last night.

Stotts said he’s yet to decide on a starter in Kaman’s place.

“It’ll either be Chris or Joel or Thomas or Meyers. Or Dorell,” he said.

Thomas Robinson said he hasn’t received any indication from Stotts regarding a decision.

“He said it’s a game-day decision,” Robinson said.”Right now I just have to do what I’ve been doing, staying ready. So when I do get out there I can make something happen. And that’s all I can worry about right now. The rest is up to the people above me.”