From Ball Don’t Lie:  Last night, Houston forward Carl Landry lost 3-5 teeth in a second-quarter collision with Dirk Nowitzki.

Landry didn’t try to find the lost teeth, as he simply closed his mouth and walked to the bench, but if he did, he would have found at least two of the teeth EMBEDDED IN NOWITZKI’S ELBOW. YIKES.

Of course, Landry was called for the foul. Stop fouling Nowitzki with your teeth Landry.

Landry knows the drill on the lost ancient art of dental defense. He took an elbow from the elbower-of-all-elbowers, teammate Dikembe Mutombo last year during practice and lost a tooth in a game against Utah. Landry was immediately taken to the emergency room and will see an oral surgeon today