Bucks' Sanders out 6 weeks after thumb surgery

Larry Sanders will not be on the court Tuesday night when the Milwaukee Bucks face the defending league champion Miami Heat in south Florida.

In fact, Sanders will not be playing for the Bucks for the next six weeks after undergoing surgery Monday to repair a torn ligament in his right thumb.

The Bucks confirmed that Sanders sustained the injury off the court during an altercation at a downtown Milwaukee nightclub in the early-morning hours of Nov. 3.