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Hopefully, Gasol plays. And no Lakeshow letdown this time, I hope!
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Originally Posted by Chester McFloppy
CP1708 wrote:
Ches, where you been? Haven't seen you gettin yelled at in any threads lately. Some Cleveland mod didn't get you did they?
[h1]After missing nine games with sprained ankle, Gasol ready for return[/h1]
The sprained left ankle is not 100 percent healed, but the Los Angeles Lakers will take whatever Pau Gasol can provide at center.
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Gasol, who missed nine games because of the injury, is expected to be on the court Wednesday night, when the Lakers play the Portland Trail Blazers at Staples Center.
Gasol had played in a brief scrimmage Saturday, and participated in a full practice Tuesday, reporting progress with each workout.
"That's the main question, right?" Gasol said in The Los Angeles Times. "If nothing crazy happens and the ankle responds well to the work today, I think it's a pretty good guess that I'll be out there."
Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Gasol would start on Wednesday, but the playing time would be adjusted depending on how the ankle reacted.
"He'll probably have swelling for the next six weeks," Jackson said, according to The Times. "Anybody who's had a severely sprained ankle knows that it just goes on and on. Eventually it subsides, but it's still going to be an issue for a while."
Gasol, averaging 18.9 points and 8.5 rebounds, had been filling in for Andrew Bynum, who has been out with an injured knee since January. The Lakers are 15-4 with Gasol in the lineup, and 5-4 without him.
"Can't wait to work him back in the mix and get him out on the floor," Kobe Bryant said in The Times.
Bynum, meanwhile, has been doing some drills on his own, but has not practiced with the team. Bynum likely will join the Lakers for the upcoming road trip to Sacramento and Portland to get him back into a routine, and, as Jackson said jokingly in The Times, "so he can hang out a little bit with his teammates and remember their names."
Everywhere I look it says Gasol is a go tonight. I'm off to go watch the game and hopefully not feel the need to throw my shoe thru my TV.Originally Posted by Long Beach Vincey
Looks like no Gasol tonight, he's listed doubtful. Przybilla has been BEASTING on the boards lately, and we all saw what Aldridge did to us the past two games. Brandon Roy won't be playing so that evens things out a bit.
Yeah I heard Pau is going to try and play tonight. That's good, just sucks he's gonna have swelling for the rest of the season. Still though,Pryz has been killing it lately. Pau isn't exactly a glass eater so I'm a little worried. No Roy this should be a win for sure, but we all know theyshould have beat Memphis and Charlotte.Originally Posted by CP1708
Everywhere I look it says Gasol is a go tonight. I'm off to go watch the game and hopefully not feel the need to throw my shoe thru my TV.Originally Posted by Long Beach Vincey
Looks like no Gasol tonight, he's listed doubtful. Przybilla has been BEASTING on the boards lately, and we all saw what Aldridge did to us the past two games. Brandon Roy won't be playing so that evens things out a bit.
I expect to see all the Blazer fans check in tomorrow.
All two of them.
The rest are now Hornets fans or something, not sure.