After enjoying staying relatively healthy over the last couple of seasons, the Oklahoma City Thunder have been bit several times by the injury bug during preseason. The latest bite broke through the skin — Isaiah Hartenstein suffered a fractured hand in OKC's preseason win over the Denver Nuggets.

With Isaiah Hartenstein set to miss more than a month with a hand injury, how will that impact the Oklahoma City Thunder?

Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein will be sidelined for five to six weeks with a "small, non-displaced" left hand fracture, ESPN's

The Oklahoma City Thunder will have to start the regular season without center Isaiah Hartenstein. The 26-year-old center "sustained a small, non-displaced fracture in his left hand during the second half of Tuesday's preseason game in Denver," the Thunder announced on Thursday. "Hartenstein will be re-evaluated in five to six weeks."

OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma City Thunder center Isaiah Hartenstein will miss at least a month after sustaining a small, non-displaced fracture in his left hand during a preseason game in Denver. The Thunder said Thursday that Hartenstein, who was hurt in Tuesday’s game, will be re-evaluated in five to six weeks.

Thunder forward Jalen Williams will not return to Thursday night's preseason game against the Hawks after spraining his left ankle, the team said.

On Tuesday evening, the Denver Nuggets played their fourth preseason game when they hosted the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Nuggets were playing without most of their top players and lost by a score of 124-94 to fall to 0-4 in the preseason.