Bogut leaves game, gets stitches after banging head

Golden State Warriors center Andrew Bogut was already donning a face mask after breaking his nose in the preseason.

On Tuesday, however, when he banged heads with Dante Cunningham of the New Orleans Pelicans in the third quarter of their season-opening contest, the mask did nothing to help.

Bloodied, Bogut left the game and headed straight for the locker room.

Bogut needed stitches for a laceration to his right eye, and did not return to the game.