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Watch: Budenholzer forced from sideline after collision with Galloway

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Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer already has a cast on his hand following surgery to repair a broken finger.

So having a 6-foot-2, 200-pound point guard steamroll him and bring him to the ground probably didn't help matters.

While trying to save the basketball from going out of bounds when the Hawks and New Orleans Pelicans took the floor Tuesday night, Budenholzer was in the wrong place at the wrong time as guard Langston Galloway ran into him, with the two crashing into the first row of seats.

The 2015 NBA Coach of the Year left the sidelines and headed to the locker room in obvious pain. He didn't resume his coaching duties in the second half, with lead assistant Darvin Ham taking over in his stead.

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