Sporting News contacted medical expert Dr. Michael S. George of the KSF Orthopaedic Center in Houston, who explained what Boston's guard is dealing with and how it will impact him moving forward.

“Mallet finger” is caused by damage to a tendon ... Holiday appears to be in the latter camp, as he’s been wearing a splint on his right pinky finger to keep it as straight as possible.

Holiday has been ruled out with a "mallet finger" injury on his shooting ... The injury usually requires the finger to be in a splint for six-to-eight weeks and may require surgery.

There are varying levels of severity with any type of mallet finger injury but Holiday is ... “Trying to figure out — I’m going to be in a splint for a minute but figuring that out since ...

Holiday has a splint on the finger already and hasn’t yet worked through the process of what it’ll feel like to catch, handle and shoot because of the pain. He’d never heard of mallet finger ...

Often players will wear a splint on their injured finger to keep ... He explained this is the first time he has dealt with mallet finger, so he's not entirely sure what to expect as he navigates ...