The New Orleans Pelicans manpower crisis worsened late Saturday, when the team announced that guard Lance Stephenson?had?suffered a groin injury that will require surgery.Stephenson will be re-evaluated, but the current expectation is he will miss weeks, not days, a league source told ESPNs Justin Verrier.The 26-year-old suffered the injury in Fridays loss to the Phoenix Suns, which dropped the Pelicans to 0-6. Stephenson made the trip with the team to San Francisco ahead of Mondays matchup with the Golden State Warriors but was sent back after an MRI Saturday confirmed the need for surgery.As a result, the Pelicans, who are already without Jrue Holiday (personal), Tyreke Evans (right knee) and Quincy Pondexter (left knee), can apply for an injury hardship waiver, which allows a team to temporarily add a 16th player to the roster when four players miss at least three games apiece.New Orleans, however, is currently unlikely to do so given the uncertainty surrounding the returns of Holiday and Evans, a source told Verrier.The Pelicans wouldnt be able to add a new player until after Thursdays game in Milwaukee and couldnt play one of the four players out until 10 days after that.Holiday is out indefinitely as he tends to his wife, Lauren, who underwent surgery to remove a benign tumor from the right side of her brain weeks after giving birth to the couples first child. Pelicans general manager Dell Demps said on Oct. 25 that Evans returned to on-court activity following right knee surgery in February, his third procedure in a span of nine months.Stephenson, who signed a partially guaranteed contract for the veterans minimum in September, won a spot on the roster in training camp, forcing the Pelicans to waive Alonzo Gees fully guaranteed $1.4 million contract.He has averaged 9.7 points, 4.8 assists and 3.3 rebounds in 27.0 minutes per game in the Pelicans winless start.ESPNs Justin Verrier contributed to this report.? Tyler Flowers Braves Jersey . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Nick Markakis Braves Jersey . -- PGA TOUR Canada member Steve Saunders took a three-stroke lead Saturday in the Web. http://www.baseballbravesproshop.com/ronald-acuna-jr-braves-jersey/ . 10 Texas A&Ms offence dominated as usual against SMU. Ozzie Albies Braves Jersey . Anthony Davis had 31 points and 17 rebounds in his seventh straight game with more than 20 points, but that was only enough to keep the Pelicans competitive into the final minutes. Andrew Bogut had 10 points and 15 rebounds for Golden State, which rebounded from a loss a night earlier in Oklahoma City and snapped a two-game skid. Phil Niekro Braves Jersey . -- The plastic that was taped across the lockers in Oaklands clubhouse came down and the champagne that was on ice went back into the cooler. Toronto Blue Jays slugger Josh Donaldson, the reigning AL MVP, hit at a .538 clip with four doubles in the sweep of the Texas Rangers in the ALDS. What better way to illustrate Donaldsons superhuman hitting than to compare him to Thor?Not even the god of thunder is worthy to carry Donaldsons bat this postseason.The cartoonn from Tim Dolighan of the Toronto Sun drew a chuckle from Donaldson on Tuesday.dddddddddddd Donaldsons season will continue in the ALCS against the Cleveland Indians?on Friday.?-- John Silver ' ' '